WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, 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...
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