FLORES v. STATE

No. PD-0265-07.

245 S.W.3d 432 (2008)

Gerardo FLORES, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Brandon, San Antonio, for Appellant.

Art Bauereiss, Asst. District Atty., Lufkin, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.

Appellant was convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend's twin fetuses by stepping on her abdomen, though he maintains that she also took measures to cause the deaths. Appellant raises three constitutional challenges to the capital murder statute. We hold that the statute is constitutional. In addition, appellant contends that the...

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