Miguel Angel Flores, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Miguel Angel Flores's conviction for capital murder and the death sentence, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's affirmative finding on the future dangerousness special issue and that the trial court had not erred on the numerous procedural and evidentiary challenges raised. The Court also affirmed the trial court's discretionary rulings on juror challenges, the admissibility of seized items, blood evidence, oral statements, and DNA expert testimony, and found no reversible error in the jury instructions. A dissenting opinion argued that the psychiatric testimony was insufficient and that the second special issue should not be decided solely on the facts of the offense, advocating a life sentence instead.