Edward Lincoln King, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Edward Lincoln King’s capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court did not err by refusing a limiting instruction on extraneous offenses, by not defining the terms of Art. 37.071(b), or by refusing a charge on circumstantial evidence regarding future violence. The court also noted that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Furman, Gregg, and related cases support the constitutionality of Texas’s death‑penalty scheme. Justice Phillips concurred and Justice Roberts dissented, each addressing the fifth ground of error.