Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 12, 2001No. 73350PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
On November 17, 1998, a jury convicted appellant of the capital murder of Dr. Dorothy Booth, an elderly retired professor, a murder which was alleged to have occurred on July 21, 1997. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071 §§ 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. See Tex.Code CRiM. PROC. Ann. Art. 37.071 § 2(g). 1 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. See Article 37.071 § 2(h).…
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