Janecka v. State

OPINION

In October 1993 appellant was retried and convicted under Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(3) of the 1979 murder for remuneration of a fourteen-month-old infant.1 The jury affirmatively answered the two special issues submitted under Article 37.0711 § 3(b)(1) & (2) and negatively answered the mitigation special issue submitted under 37.0711 § 3(e).2 Appellant was sentenced to death as mandated by Article 37.0711 § 3(g). Article 37.0711 § 3(j) provides for direct appeal to this Court. We affirm.

A brief account of the investigation and prosecution of this case is helpful to understanding some…