Stanley Allison Baker, Appellant v. State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's finding of future dangerousness and that appellate courts do not review the sufficiency of mitigation evidence. It further held that Miranda violations without coercion do not require suppression of derivative evidence, that the fruit‑of‑the‑poisonous‑tree doctrine does not apply to such violations, that the arrest complied with Article 15.17, and that the untimely motion for a new trial was barred by operation of law. The opinion also noted that statements not introduced at trial are not subject to suppression review. Justice Baird concurred only in the judgment and objected to publication, while Justices Overstreet and WOMACK concurred in the result.