Russell v. State

In February 2008, a jury convicted the appellant of a capital murder 1 that was committed on August 13, 2001. Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the statutory special issues, 2 the trial court sentenced the appellant to death. 3 Appeal to this Court is automatic. 4 We affirm.

The appellant raises four points of error. Although he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence at either stage of trial, a brief recitation of the facts will give a context for his points.

The appellant was convicted of intentionally causing the death of Tanjala Brewer while in the course of committing or…