Buntion v. Texas (original by judge richardson)
Annotate this CaseIn January 1991, a jury convicted appellant Carl Buntion of capital murder for an offense committed in June 1990. He was given the death sentence. The conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal; appellant's initial request for habeas relief was denied. A subsequent application was granted, and the case remanded for a new punishment hearing. The new hearing was held in February 2012, the conclusion of which was again the death sentence. Appellant raised twenty-seven alleged errors in appeal of the second punishment hearing. Finding no merit to any, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence.
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