Legal Opinion

Ott v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 26, 1982No. 2-81-028-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Gregory Arthur Ott was indicted in Den-ton County, Texas, for capital murder of a peace officer and on May 30, 1978, was found guilty by a jury of murder, a lesser included offense of the indictment. He was assessed punishment by the same jury at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for life. He appeals on thirty-five grounds of error.

We affirm.

On the late evening of February 20, 1978, six peace officers, accompanied by an informant, one James Leonard Baker, went to the residence of appellant near Argyle, Denton County, Texas, for the purpose of purchasing…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  2. Ott v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  3. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Wood v. McCownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Leberta v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988

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