Rodolfo Baiza Hernandez, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Rodolfo Baiza Hernandez's death sentence, rejecting all five of his asserted errors. The court held that the penalty‑stage psychiatric testimony was admissible, no jury instruction was required to disregard extraneous offense references, the improper hypothetical question did not merit a mistrial, the trial court need not have explained the shackling, and the brief sight of the defendant in chains did not require a mistrial.