Patrick Curtis Havard, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting the appellant's thirty‑one points of error including the directed‑verdict motion, venue change, venireman excusals, evidentiary admissions, jury instruction issues, and alleged insufficiency of evidence; dissenting judges Clinton and Teague objected to the majority’s handling of several points.