Legal Opinion
Busby v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 14, 2008No. AP-75,300PublishedCited by 254 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
A jury convicted appellant on November 11, 2005, of capital murder. Tex. Pen.Code Ann., § 19.03(a)(7)(A). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Tex.Code Cmm. PROC. Article 37.071, §§ 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death on November 17, 2005. Appellant raises eleven points of error on direct appeal. Deciding that these points have no merit, we affirm.
The evidence shows that on or about January 30, 2004, appellant and a female accomplice (“Kitty”) abducted…
3Cases cited17 opinions
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4Cited by254 opinions
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