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- Title: Ford v. State
- Author : Texas State Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 21, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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February 21, 1996 Appeal from EL PASO County O P I N I O N In a four count indictment, appellant was charged with one count of capital murder committed during the course of robbery and three counts of attempted capital murder committed during the course of robbery, all alleged to have been committed on or about December 18, 1991 in El Paso County. In July of 1993, appellant was convicted in the 346th District Court of El Paso County of capital murder and of the three counts of attempted capital murder. During the punishment phase the jury affirmatively answered the special issues set forth in Article 37.071, 2(b)(1)(2), V.A.C.C.P., and negatively answered the special issue set forth in Article 37.071, Section(s) 2(e), V.A.C.C.P., whereupon the trial court sentenced appellant to death. 1 Direct appeal of that death sentence is automatic. Article 37.071, Section(s) 2(h), V.A.C.C.P. On direct appeal, appellant raises five points of error. Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence at guilt/innocence. However, he does challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's affirmative answer to the first special issue. We will first address that point challenging the jury's answer to the future dangerousness special issue, i.e. whether there was a probability that appellant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society.