Michael Lloyd Self, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Michael Lloyd Self's murder conviction, holding that the State proved the corpus delicti, that the appellant's confessions were admissible despite counsel's presence, and that the evidentiary and procedural rulings at trial were proper. The Court also overruled the three‑element definition of corpus delicti and found no reversible error in the jury instruction or the prosecutor's questioning.