TRACY v. STATE

No. AP-77,076.

597 S.W.3d 502 (2020)

Billy Joel TRACY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Delivered: April 1, 2020.


In 2015, while he was incarcerated in a penal institution, Appellant killed Correctional Officer Timothy Davison. For this, a jury convicted Appellant of capital murder.1 In accord with the jury's answers to the special issues, the trial court sentenced him to death.2 In his direct appeal to this Court,3 Appellant raises fourteen points of error. After reviewing them, we find them to be...

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