Mays v. State

in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.

The appellant, during voir dire in a murder trial, sought to raise the subject of diminished capacity as it affects a defendant’s culpable mental state at the time of the offense. The trial court ruled that it would exclude any evidence of the appellant’s diminished capacity and invited the appellant to proffer evidence. The State here raises the issue of whether the appellant’s proffer of evidence was sufficient to preserve that ruling for appeal. Holding that it was not sufficient, we shall reverse the judgment of…