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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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.