James Paul Burns, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting appellant's challenges to the constitutionality of the capital murder statute, the indictment's sufficiency, the jury selection process under Witherspoon, the right to further examine jurors, the admission of spousal testimony, and the admission of extraneous evidence. The dissent argued that the exclusion of juror Tillman violated Witherspoon.