Legal Opinion
Wicker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 29, 1984No. 68821PublishedCited by 361 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury answered the punishment stage questions under Article 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., affirmatively and punishment was assessed at death.
Appellant was charged with having intentionally and knowingly caused the death of a young woman by choking her with his hands and by burying her alive. The facts show that on April 4, 1980, appellant abducted the victim from a shopping center in Beaumont and took her to an isolated location near the beach in Galveston County. As they neared the beach, the victim leapt from the car in…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by361 opinions
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