Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Roosevelt Beasley, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

June 28, 19951995 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 74

Summary

The Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' judgment, holding that evidence of the defendant's gang membership and the gang's general misconduct is admissible at the punishment phase without a specific link to the defendant's own criminal conduct. The decision was contested by a dissent and several concurrences.