Legal Opinion

Knox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 30, 1987No. 69608Published

1Opinion of the Court

744 S.W.2d 53 (1987)

James Roy KNOX, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 69608.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 30, 1987.

Allen C. Isbell, on appeal only, Houston, for appellant.

Michael J. Guarino, Dist. Atty. and Susan W. Burris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Galveston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This automatic appeal is taken from a conviction of capital murder. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2). The jury returned affirmative answers to all three special issues submitted under Article…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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