King v. State
- Decided
- September 24, 1997
- Docket
- 72145
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
Cited 2,567 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that a substantial right is affected when the alleged error had a substantial and injurious effect in determining the jury’s verdict — Larry Wayne Duncan v. State (2018)
- holding that “[a] substantial right is affected when the error had a substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury’s verdict.” — Donald Brian Ellis v. the State of Texas (2024)
- holding that, even if evidence was inadmissible hearsay, its admission could not have a substantial or injurious influence on the jury’s decision because there was enough properly admitted evidence to support the verdict — Jason Rayn Jarnagin v. State (2010)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
OPINION KELLER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in June, 1995 of the capital murder (murder in the course of a robbery) of Billy Ezell. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). 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). [1]
Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Article 37.071 § 2(h). Appellant raises fourteen points of error. We will affirm.
Cite this
King v. State, 953 S.W.2d 266 (1997)Read the full opinion
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