David W. McKay v. Texas

How later courts describe this case

• construing prosecutor = s closing argument as proper comment on appellant = s defensive theory
• death penalty may be justified when a "single consecutive course of conduct" contemplates and causes the death of one person and great bodily harm to another
• exclusion of legally obtained tapes not justified because it would not serve to deter illegal conduct by police officers in either forum state or state where search was conducted
• "[I]f [age] is to be accorded any significant weight, it must be linked with some other characteristic of the defendant or the crime such as immaturity or senility."
• whether to allow jurors to take notes and use them during deliberation is question within sound discretion of trial court
• interests of Florida law are not served by requiring out-of-State police officials to comply with Honda law when investigating crimes committed in Florida
• “to be admissible, evidence must be relevant to a contested issue.”
• “[U]se of the word ‘recommend’ ... is not incorrect as long as the context in which it is used does not mislead the jury as to its ... responsibility in exercising its sentencing function.”