Bernard Ferguson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Bernard Ferguson's capital murder conviction and death sentence. The court held that the trial court did not err in proceeding with voir dire after a juror failed to appear, that the blood sample and seized evidence were admissible (or harmless error), that the accomplice witnesses were not required to be charged as accomplices, that no separate charge on circumstantial evidence was necessary, and that the prosecutor's sidebar remark did not warrant a mistrial.