Walter Bell, Jr., Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Walter Bell, Jr.'s conviction and death sentence for capital murder, holding that the trial court did not err on issues including juror exclusion, the admissibility of a compelled blood sample, fingerprint evidence, the voluntariness of confessions despite the appellant's mental retardation, the constitutionality of the death penalty, and the denial of a change of venue despite alleged pretrial publicity.