Legal Opinion
Rocha v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 12, 2000No. 73280PublishedCited by 362 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, J.
McCORMICK, P. J., and MANSFIELD, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted in November 1998 of capital murder (murder in the course of a robbery). Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2).1 Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 37.071 §§ 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. . Article 37.071 § 2(g).2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Article 37.071 § 2(h). Appellant raises fifteen points of error. We will affirm.
I. SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE
In point of error two, appellant contends that…
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