Timothy Lane Gribble, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed that the evidence was sufficient to support Gribble's capital murder conviction, including the kidnapping element, overruled his claims that the confession was illegally obtained or insufficient, and held that the trial court's failure to give proper mitigating instructions violated the Eighth Amendment, thus reversing the death sentence and remanding for further proceedings. Justice Miller and Campbell, in a concurring opinion, agreed with the majority on the result and highlighted point 17 as the preferred mitigation instruction.