Opinion

Caraway v. State

  • 489 S.W.2d 106
  • 1971 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1584
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Nov 23, 1971
Status
Published
Author
Davis
On the bench
Roberts, Davis, Onion
Cited by
8 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.3%

The opinion

OPINION

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

DAVIS, Commissioner.

After the opinion herein, the Supreme Court of the United States overruled the prior holding of this and other courts in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 , 92 S.Ct. 2726 , 33 L.Ed.2d 346 , and in Branch v. Texas, 408 U.S. 238 , 92 S.Ct. 2726 , 33 L.Ed.2d 346 , when it held in effect that the death penalty may not be assessed under our present statute.

The Honorable Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, acting upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles by Proclamation dated September 14, 1972, has commuted the punishment in this cause from death to life imprisonment.

As a result of the Governor’s commutation and authority of Whan v. State, Tex.Cr.App. 485 S.W.2d 275 , the judgment of the trial court is ordered reformed to show the punishment assessed at life.

We have considered the contention raised by appellant in his brief filed on motion for rehearing and find that same was fully discussed and properly disposed of in this Court’s original opinion.

The judgment as reformed is affirmed and appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.

Opinion approved by the Court.

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