Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Roger Leroy Degarmo Aka Quinton Earl Combest, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee
March 13, 19851985 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1261
Summary
The Court affirmed Roger DeGarmo's capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that his admission of guilt at the punishment stage waived any challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, that the co-defendant's plea bargain did not violate due process or the Eighth Amendment, and that the special issue wording error was harmless.