Noe Beltran, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court held that the evidence was insufficient to support an affirmative finding on Special Issue No.2 (future dangerousness), so the death penalty could not be imposed and the sentence was reformed to life imprisonment. The Court noted the admission of the probation file with the FBI "rap sheet" was error but not prejudicial. The opinion was accompanied by a concurrence emphasizing the unreliability of NCIC reports and a dissent arguing the evidence was sufficient to support the death penalty.