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.