Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 15, 1998No. 72697PublishedCited by 1,573 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · MansfieldMansfield, Judge
McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and OVERSTREET and PRICE, Judges, join.
A Bexar County jury found appellant, Arnold E. Johnson, guilty of the October 26, 1995, capital murder of Frank Johnson, Jr. See Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). 1 At the punishment stage of trial, the jury answered the special issues in such a manner as to require the trial court to sentence appellant to death. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. article 37.071, § 2(b), (e), & (g). 2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Id. at § 2(h). Appellant brings 53 points of error in his brief to this Court. We will reverse the judgment…
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