Cesar Roberto Fierro Aka Cesar Roberto Reyna, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction, holding that the evidence was sufficient to find the murder was committed in the course of robbery, that the appellant's extrajudicial confession was voluntarily given and admissible despite alleged illegal arrest, and that the testimony of lay witnesses and a deputy regarding future violence and drug identification was permissible. The Court also rejected constitutional challenges to the sentencing scheme.