Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Angel Rivera, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee
February 20, 19911991 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 31
Summary
The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Angel Rivera's capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the evidence was sufficient to prove guilt, that the murder occurred in the course of burglary under Penal Code §30.02(a)(3), that the indictment was adequate, that the jury's answers to the special issues were supported, and that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments. The Court also rejected Rivera's claims of prosecutorial misconduct and evidentiary errors.