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MEADOUX v. STATE

No. PD-0123-10.

325 S.W.3d 189 (2010)

Chris Joshua MEADOUX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Cheves Ligon , Public Defender, San Antonio, for Appellant.

J. Barrett Shipp , Asst. D.A., San Antonio, Jeffrey L. Van Horn , State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

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

The court of appeals held that the Eighth Amendment did not bar Chris Joshua Meadoux's sentence of life without parole for a capital crime that he committed at the age of sixteen. We affirm.

On October 3, 2007, a Bexar County grand jury returned an indictment charging Meadoux with capital murder under Texas Penal Code §...

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