Anthony Charles Williams, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court did not err in excusing four prospective jurors for cause, in denying a challenge to a twelfth juror, in the confession instruction, in the failure to charge mitigating evidence, and in admitting extraneous rape evidence. Justice Teague dissented, arguing that the jurors were improperly excluded and that the majority applied an overly formalistic test contrary to Witherspoon and Adams.