In re Sparks

How later courts describe this case

• holding that results of polygraph test proffered by defendant were inadmissable at the guilt phase and the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial
• holding term "deliberately" sufficiently clear to permit jury to decide the first Texas capital sentencing special issue
• potential jurors who indicate they would automatically vote for the death penalty for every eligible defendant must be excluded when challenged for cause
• "A veniremember who believes that the death penalty should automatically be imposed in every capital case should be excused."
• potential jurors who indicated they would automatically vote for death penalty for every eligible defendant must be excluded *Page 476 when challenged for cause