Legal Opinion
Estrada v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 16, 2010No. AP-75,634PublishedCited by 484 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder for murdering Stephanie Sanchez (“Sanchez”) and their thirteen-week-old unborn child on December 12, 2005. See §§ 19.03(a)(7)(A), Tex. Pen.Code (making it a capital offense to intentionally or knowingly murder more than one person during the same criminal transaction); 1.07(26), Tex. Pen.Code (defining an individual to include an unborn child). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues, the trial court sentenced appellant to death. Appellant raises…
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