United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant did not preserve the offer of proof where counsel failed to specify which testimony the trial court allegedly erroneously excluded. Death penalty statute is not unconstitional for failing to allow mitigating testimony about defendant's low risk of danger to society.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/05/2001
• Published 01/05/2001

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Patrick Abbott (argued), Coppell, TX, Jan Elizabeth Hemphill, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gena Blount Bunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.