Howard v. State

The appellant, Jamaal Howard, was convicted in April 2001 of capital murder, 1 an offense that was committed on May 12, 2000. Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, Sections 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced the appellant to death. 2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. 3 The appellant raises nine points of error. We affirm.

In his sixth point of error, the appellant claims that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s verdict on the issue of his future dangerousness. He argues that there was no…