Legal Opinion
Louis, Cory Don
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 6, 2012No. PD-0323-11PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
in which Keller, P.J., PRICE, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALÁ, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder for the death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old son. Because the state did not seek the death penalty, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. The court of appeals determined that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that appellant intentionally or knowingly caused the death of the child and, accordingly, reversed the capital-murder conviction and acquitted him of that charge. Louis v. State, 329 S.W.3d 260 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2010). That court also determined…
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