Deveon Jeffrey Taylor-White v. The State of Texas

Summary

The Fourth Court of Appeals of San Antonio affirmed Deveon Jeffrey Taylor-White’s murder conviction and forty-year sentence. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to establish his liability under the law of parties and that the trial court did not violate due process by failing to consider the full range of punishment.

Holdings

1. The evidence was legally sufficient for a rational jury to find that Taylor-White intended to promote or assist Randle in committing the murder.
2. The trial court did not violate due process because the record did not show that it arbitrarily refused to consider the full range of punishment or imposed a predetermined sentence.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the evidence was legally sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Taylor-White acted with the intent to promote or assist Randle's commission of the murder under the law of parties.
2. Whether the trial court violated due process by failing to consider the full range of punishment before imposing sentence.

Disposition

affirmed