Chambers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MALONEY, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder for a murder committed in the course of a robbery. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). The jury returned affirmative findings to the two special issues submitted to it and the trial court sentenced appellant to death. Appeal to this Court is automatic. 1 Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.071(h).
In his first point of error appellant alleges the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s affirmative finding on the second special issue, whether there is “a probability that [appellant] would commit criminal acts of violence that…
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