BUFORD GLEN WHITEHEAD v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (original)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-234-07
BUFORD GLEN WHITEHEAD, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS
EASTLAND COUNTY
Per Curiam.
O P I N I O N
The jury found Buford Glen Whitehead guilty of the third degree felony offense of bail jumping and failure to appear. After finding that Whitehead had two prior felony convictions, one for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one for aggravated kidnaping, the jury sentenced Whitehead to a term of life imprisonment.
Whitehead appealed. (1) He alleged that his life sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the United States and Texas Constitutions. (2) He also claimed that the evidence was factually insufficient to support the jury's finding that he did not have a reasonable excuse for failing to appear as required by the terms of his release on bond. (3) After Whitehead was convicted of the felony offense of possession of methamphetamine, the trial judge released him on bond pending sentencing so that Whitehead could spend time with his dying father. The Eastland Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment in an unpublished opinion. (4)
Whitehead petitioned for review, and we granted review to determined whether the court of appeals erred in upholding his sentence and finding that the evidence was factually sufficient to support the jury's finding that Whitehead's excuse for his failure to appear was not reasonable.
Having examined the record and briefs, we conclude that our decision to grant review was improvident. We therefore dismiss Whitehead's petition as improvidently granted.
DATE DELIVERED: April 30, 2008
DO NOT PUBLISH
1. Whitehead v. State, No. 11-05-00179-CR, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 10772 (Tex. App.--Eastland Dec. 14, 2006) (not designated for publication).
2. Id. at *1-2.
3. Id. at *1, 3.
4. Id. at *2-6.
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