Lesley Lee Gosch, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Lesley Lee Gosch's capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the State presented sufficient corroborating evidence for the accomplice's testimony, that extraneous misconduct evidence was admissible, that Gosch received effective assistance of counsel, and that the Texas capital sentencing scheme is constitutionally valid. The court relied on established Texas statutes and U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Justice Clinton dissented, arguing that the majority erred on these points and would have reversed the conviction.