Nelson v. Texas (original by presiding judge keller)
Annotate this CaseIn 2011, a then-24-year-old appellant-probationer Steven Nelson entered NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, assaulted and suffocated its pastor and assaulted its secretary. While there, appellant stole a laptop, a cellphone, the secretary's credit cards and car. Appellant was charged with capital murder by intentionally causing the pastor's death in the course of committing or attempting to commit robbery. A jury found appellant guilty of capital murder and answered the special issues so that appellant was sentenced to death. Appellant raised fifteen points of error in this automatic appeal. Finding no error, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed.
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