Curtis Paul Harris, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court reversed the capital murder conviction because the trial court allowed the jurors to separate after the charge without the defendant's consent, creating a presumption of harm that the State failed to rebut. The Court affirmed that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction on other grounds, including the corpus delicti and corroboration of the accomplice witness, and remanded for further proceedings.