MANSFIELD, Judge, concurring on court’s own motion for rehearing. Prior opinion withdrawn. For several years this Court has struggled to determine to what degree so-called “victim impact/character” evidence should be admissible at the punishment phase of a capital murder trial. The Supreme Court, in Payne v. Tennessee, <a href="/opinion/112643/payne-v-tenne…
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