Michael Lee Lockhart, Appellant v. State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed appellant's capital murder conviction, holding that evidence of the stolen car, license plate, and attempted drug offense was admissible as contextual evidence, that evidence of an unrelated bank robbery and burglary was inadmissible but harmless, that the diary was admissible as relevant, and that the omission of a self‑defense burden in the charge was harmless. Justice Clinton dissented, arguing the stolen‑car evidence should have been excluded and the judgment reversed.