Legal Opinion
Skillern v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 21, 1977No. 55337 and 55338PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
These are appeals from convictions for the offense of capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death for appellant Skillern and life imprisonment for appellant Sanne. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 19.03, and Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P.
On October 24, 1974, Patrick Randel, a narcotics agent for the Texas Department of Public Safety, was found shot to death in his locked car at a roadside park in Live Oak County, Texas. Agent Randel had been working undercover in order to purchase illegal drugs from appellant Skillern and his co-defendant, appellant Sanne. When found,…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Spriggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Goodall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Citizen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
3Cited by24 opinions
- Sanne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Doyle Edward Skillern v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Durrough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- McDonald v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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