Rudy Ramos Esquivel, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion on issues of continuance, special venire, juror selection, voir dire, challenges to the array, juror excusals, evidentiary rulings, and indictment sufficiency. Justice Clinton dissented, arguing that the limitation on questioning jurors about the term “deliberately” deprived the defendant of a fair assessment of mitigating circumstances and that the seventh ground of error should be sustained.