Vernon Lamar Sattiewhite, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Vernon Lamar Sattiewhite's capital murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting all seven points of error raised on appeal. The majority held that errors in jury instruction, challenges for cause, admission of extraneous evidence, jury charge on sudden passion, and expert testimony were either non‑errors or harmless, while dissenting judges argued that the trial court's instruction to the venire and denial of a challenge for cause were reversible errors.