Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Ponchai Wilkerson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

March 23, 19941994 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 36

Summary

The Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s findings of intentional killing and future dangerousness, and that the appellant’s numerous procedural objections were not preserved for review. A dissent argued the second punishment issue was insufficiently supported and that the death sentence violated the Eighth Amendment.