Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
John Avalos Alba, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee
June 28, 19951995 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 76
Summary
The Court affirmed John Avalos Alba’s capital murder conviction and death sentence, overruling all eight points of error he raised, including challenges to the application of Section 19.03(a)(2), indictment sufficiency, admissibility of extraneous offenses, character evidence, juror misconduct, denial of a Rule 705(b) voir dire, relevance hearings, and the trial‑court charge. Justice Clinton dissented, arguing the Rule 705(b) error was not harmless and the judgment should be vacated; Justice Baird concurred in the result but disagreed with the majority’s analysis of the sixth point.