Ricardo Aldape Guerra, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the officer was acting within the lawful discharge of his official duties, that the evidence supported the jury's affirmative answers to both special issues, and that the trial court did not err in admitting extraneous evidence, excluding certain jurors, or allowing witness testimony. Justice Clinton, dissenting, would have reversed the conviction on the ground that admitting Marie Armijo’s testimony violated the rule and constituted an abuse of discretion.