Clifton Charles Russell, Jr., 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 circumstantial evidence was sufficient, the indictment was proper, and the trial court did not err in admitting the blood sample, extraneous robbery testimony, or opinion evidence, nor was the special issue on deliberateness unconstitutionally vague. A dissent by Judge Clinton argued that the jury should have been instructed on the meaning of "deliberately".