Legal Opinion
Scottie Louis Forcey v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided May 19, 2010No. 10-09-00335-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-09-00335-CR
Scottie Louis Forcey,
Appellant
v.
The State of Texas,
Appellee
From the 249th District Court
Johnson County, Texas
Trial Court No. F43132
MEMORANDUM Opinion
After a hearing granting a transfer to adult court, Scottie Forcey was convicted of the offense of capital murder and sentenced to an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 12.31(a) (Vernon 2003). Forcey complains that the sentence imposed violates constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment, that section 12.31(a) is unconstitutional…
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