Juan Soria, Appellant v. State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court sustained the State’s motion for rehearing, affirming the trial court’s judgment and death sentence. It held that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s affirmative finding on the future‑dangerousness special issue, that the defendant waived his Fifth Amendment privilege by presenting psychiatric testimony and therefore the trial court could compel a State‑ordered psychiatric examination and limit the defense expert, and that the drawing seized from the defendant’s cell was admissible because a prisoner has no Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy.