Terry Lee Hankins, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court affirmed Terry Lee Hankins's capital murder conviction and death sentence. It held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting voir dire, that the mitigation issue does not require the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that parole eligibility is not a proper jury issue beyond the narrow statutory instruction, that prosecutorial discretion is constitutional, and that although the arrest warrant affidavit lacked probable cause, the evidence was not suppressed because attenuation factors favored the State.