Howard v. State

OPINION

MANSFIELD, Justice.

A Travis County jury1 convicted appellant, Ronald Ray Howard, of capital murder. At the punishment phase of the trial, the jury found appellant to be a “future danger” under Article 37.071 § 2(b)2 and, further, declined to find mitigating circumstances sufficient to militate against application of the death penalty under Article 37.071 § 2(e)3. *107The trial court sentenced appellant to death. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The facts pertaining to the guilt/innocence phase of the prosecution are virtually uncontested. The victim, Department of Public…