Joe Ruiz, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed Joe Ruiz's capital murder conviction because the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a prior extraneous murder to show anticipation of murder during the robbery. The Court held that the prior homicide evidence was unduly prejudicial, not probative, and that the trial court's limiting instruction did not cure the error. The case was remanded for further proceedings.