Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.014 and Texas Penal Code 12.47, which allow a judge to make affirmative findings that defendant selected victim because of his race to enhance a felony assault sentence, violate Apprendi.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/24/2001
• Published 10/24/2001

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Keit Boyd, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Hill, DA, Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for Appellee.