Alton Von Byrd, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the capital murder conviction, rejecting the appellant's eleven contentions ranging from venue change, jury selection, peremptory challenges, confession suppression, sufficiency of evidence, psychiatric examination, Fifth Amendment claims, and extraneous testimony. The court held that the trial judge did not abuse discretion and that the evidence supported the verdict.