Legal Opinion

Brendan Xavier Douglas v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided May 6, 2016No. 06-15-00067-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by Justice Moseley

A Gregg County jury found Brendan Xavier Douglas guilty of the May 15, 2012, capital murder of Deandre Rossum, and the trial court sentenced him to the mandatory punishment of life imprisonment without parole. 1 In his appeal to this Court, Douglas asserts that there was legally insufficient 'evidence to convict him of capital murder and that the trial court erred (1) in failing to suppress his out-of-court statement to Detective David Cheat-ham, (2) in admitting his out-of-court statements made to three other officers, (3) in admitting his out-of-court…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cedric Levone James v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2018
  2. Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  3. Calvin Gardner v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2025
  4. Kory Allen Battiest v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2019
  5. Michael Timothy Caffey v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2024

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