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- Title: James Rexford Powell v. State Texas
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 30, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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At a trial held in the 1st District Court of Newton County in May 1991, a jury found appellant, James Rexford Powell, guilty
of capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). At the punishment phase of appellant's trial, the jury answered affirmatively
the punishment issues submitted to them under Article 37.071(b),1 and the trial court sentenced appellant to death. Direct
appeal to this Court was automatic under Article 37.071(h). We now affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence at trial established that on October 6, 1990, appellant
abducted the victim, a ten-year-old girl, from an antique mall in Jefferson County. Appellant then strangled the victim while
in the course of sexually assaulting her. The victim's body was discovered later that day in Newton County. She was found
with her hands tied together and a rope tied tightly around her neck, lying face down in a mud puddle. Semen was found in
her vaginal cavity. After several witnesses identified appellant's motor home as having been in the vicinity of the place
where the victim's body was found, appellant was arrested at his home in Orange County. Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency
of the evidence supporting the finding of guilt or the assessment of punishment.