David Owen Brooks, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed David Owen Brooks' murder conviction, holding that the evidence—including his confessions and testimony about other murders—sufficiently proved he acted as a principal, that the trial court's jury instructions on principals, extraneous offenses, and circumstantial evidence were proper, that his oral statement to Detective Tucker was admissible, and that no accessory charge was required.