Onnie Mack Wagner, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Wagner's murder conviction and the 85‑year sentence, rejecting all eleven grounds of error including untimely motions, competency and insanity issues, confession admissibility, and reputation‑witness testimony, and finding any alleged errors harmless. Justice Teague dissented, arguing that the reputation‑witness error was not harmless and that the majority’s test for harmless error was incorrect.