William Alfred Robinson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed William Alfred Robinson's capital murder conviction and death sentence, overruling all of his sixteen points of error and finding no constitutional violations in the admission of his written statement, jury selection, Batson claim, mistrial request, special issues, and other asserted errors. The Court held that the waiver of Miranda rights was valid, the Batson claim failed, and the trial court's rulings were either not preserved or not erroneous. A dissent and a concurrence joined the opinion; the concurrence agreed with the result but offered different reasoning on the confession instruction and on the bright‑line rule for questioning venirepersons.