James David Autry, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed James David Autry's capital murder conviction, holding that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient, the murder occurred in the course of a robbery, and the telephone admissions were admissible and not the fruit of an illegal statement. Justice Clinton, in a concurring opinion, criticized the majority's analysis of the third ground, arguing that the proper focus should be on Fifth Amendment voluntariness rather than Fourth Amendment doctrine.