Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Cathy Lynn Henderson, Appellant v. State of Texas, Appellee
December 3, 19971997 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 104
Summary
The Court affirmed the conviction and death sentence, holding that the crime‑fraud exception did not apply to the maps, that Article 38.23 did not require suppression of the evidence derived from the maps, and that Texas Penal Code §19.03(a)(8) is constitutional under a rational‑basis analysis. Two concurring opinions joined the judgment but offered different reasoning on the equal‑protection and due‑process issues.