Thomas A. Barefoot Aka Darren Callier, 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 err on ten asserted issues including the circumstantial evidence charge, change of venue, juror challenges, admission of extraneous offenses, definition of probability, expert testimony on future violence, hypothetical questioning, alleged vagueness of Art. 37.071, and the refusal of an instructed verdict and jury sequestration. The dissenting opinion by Judge Clinton argued that the admission of New Mexico offenses was prejudicial.