McKinney v. State

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

On a three-count indictment, a jury convicted appellant, Steve Charles McKinney, of the murder of Guillermo Arvizu; of the capital murder of Danielle Fleischmann Arvizu, Guillermo’s pregnant wife; and of the capital murder of Hayley Arvizu, the couple’s five-year-old daughter. The jury assessed appellant’s punishment at life in prison for the murder of Guillermo. The State sought the death penalty for the capital murders of Danielle and Hayley; however, because the jury found that sufficient mitigating circumstances warranted life imprisonment for the two capital…