Donell Okeith Jackson, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Donell Okeith Jackson's capital murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting all twenty-six points of error raised. It held that the denial of a state‑funded polygraph examiner, the lack of lesser‑included offense instruction, the refusal to subpoena jurors, and various sentencing‑phase evidentiary rulings were proper, and it rejected constitutional challenges to the special issues and mitigation instructions.