Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Robert Earl Ransom, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

January 16, 19741974 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1501

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the extraneous robbery offense was admissible both to establish the appellant's identity and to rebut his alibi because the offenses shared distinguishing characteristics. The dissent warned that this broad approach departs from prior case law.