Legal Opinion

Bluntson, Demond Depree

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 2021No. AP-77,067Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-77,067 DEMOND DEPREE BLUNTSON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DIRECT APPEAL FROM CAUSE NO. 2012CRO000674-D1 IN THE 49TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT WEBB COUNTY RICHARDSON, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. OPINION In May 2016, a jury convicted Appellant of two counts of capital murder for fatally shooting twenty-one-month-old D.B., Appellant’s son with Brandy Cerny, and six-year-old J.T., Cerny’s son from a former relationship. See TEX. PENAL CODE § 19.03(a)(8). Based on the jury’s punishment phase verdicts, the trial court…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Medina v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Turner, Albert JamesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013

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