John Avalos Alba, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting all eight of appellant's alleged errors, including challenges to the statutory application, indictment specificity, admission of extraneous offenses, character evidence, juror misconduct, denial of a Rule 705(b) voir dire, and charge objections. The dissent argued the denial of the Rule 705(b) hearing was error and required a new punishment hearing, while a concurrence agreed the denial was error but harmless.