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

Summary

The Court affirmed appellant's capital murder conviction, finding the circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove guilt, that the murder occurred during the course of a robbery, and that the telephone admissions were admissible because they were not the fruit of the illegal written statement. Justice Clinton, in a concurring opinion, expressed disagreement with the majority's analysis of the third ground concerning Fourth and Fifth Amendment issues.