Carlos Santana, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Carlos Santana's conviction for capital murder and the death sentence, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's findings on both special issues, the law of parties, and the trial court's refusal to give a lesser‑included offense instruction or a limiting instruction on extraneous offenses. The majority also found no reversible error in the denial of certain voir dire questions. Justice Miller, in a concurring opinion, argued that the denial of the voir dire question on the lesser‑included offense should have resulted in reversal.