Lawrence Lee Buxton, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed Lawrence Lee Buxton's capital murder conviction, finding the circumstantial evidence sufficient to support both the guilt finding and the deliberateness special issue, and holding that the identification lineup and the admission of posed photographs did not violate due process. The Court applied the Jackson v. Virginia standard for sufficiency and an abuse‑of‑discretion standard for the evidentiary rulings. Justice TEAGUE, in a concurrence in part/dissent in part, agreed with the majority on the fourth ground but dissented that the issue of the photographs was properly before the Court for review.