Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Porter v. Texas
Porter v. Tex., 72 L. Ed. 2d 491 (1982)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-05-03
- Topic
- general
commission of armed robbery eleven days prior to shooting admissible to show motive was to avoid apprehension | letters and reports maintained by federal parole officer regarding defendant were not admissible as prepared in part with view toward revoking parole | letters and reports maintained by federal parole officer regarding defendant were not admissible as prepared in part with view toward revoking parole | no injury as a result of court’s failure to grant request for attachments | evidence of earlier psychological problems not enough to show defendant incompetent to stand trial | appellant's commission of a robbery eleven days before his murder of a police officer admissible because the prior crime created an inference that his motive for murder was to avoid apprehension | appellant’s commission of a robbery eleven days before his murder of a police officer admissible because the prior crime created an inference that his motive for murder was to avoid apprehension
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Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6110, 623 S. W. 2d 374; No. 81-6205, 622 S. W. 2d 101.