Marlyn Edward Marras, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Marlyn Edward Marras' capital murder conviction, reforming his death sentence to life imprisonment because the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's finding of future dangerousness, while overruuling the appellant's other errors. The majority held that the robbery element, indictment notice, juror exclusions, videotape admission, and failure to charge voluntary manslaughter were all proper, and it sustained the finding that the special issue on future dangerousness was unsupported. A dissent by Judge Davis and a concurrence by Judge Clinton accompanied the opinion.