Legal Opinion

White v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 12, 1979No. 57998PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder committed in the course of committing the offense of robbery. V.T. C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03. The punishment was assessed by the court at life imprisonment in response to the jurors’ answers submitted to them under Article 37.071, V.A.C.C.P.

On appeal appellant raises the question of how many peremptory challenges he is entitled in a competency to stand trial hearing, contends the verdict at the competency hearing was contrary to the great weight and preponderance of evidence and was manifestly wrong, contends…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Stone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Meraz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Bigby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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