Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Samuel Bustamante, Appellant v. the State of Texas

June 4, 20032003 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 103

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support a robbery/attempted robbery underlying the murder and that the jury's exposure to an inadmissible statement was cured by an instruction to disregard, thus no new trial was required.