PADILLA v. STATE

No. PD-1283-09.

326 S.W.3d 195 (2010)

Pablo PADILLA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danice L. Obregon , Corpus Christi, for Appellant.

Douglas K. Norman , Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Jeffrey L. Van Horn , State's Atty., Austin, for State.


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

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of capital murder (murder during the course of a robbery or an attempted robbery), and, with the State not having sought the death penalty, appellant received the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. See § 12.31(a)(2), TEX. PENAL CODE. The...

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