G.w. Green, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed G.W. Green's capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court properly excluded jurors who would automatically vote against the death penalty and that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's affirmative answers to all three special issues under Art. 37.071(b). The majority rejected the application of the law of parties to the punishment phase and found the trial court's evidentiary rulings error‑free. Justice Clinton, in a concurrence‑in‑part and dissent‑in‑part, argued that reasonable doubt existed as to Green's culpability on the special issues and would have vacated the death sentence.