Convicted killer Soliz had been treated for mental health problems
Defense attorneys for convicted Mark Anthony Soliz are trying to submit into evidence thousands of pages of records documenting Soliz's rough upbringing and mental health problems.
Attorney Mike Heiskell presented more than 3,000 pages of records from John Peter Smith Hospital, Children's Protective Services, Tarrant County Mental Health-Mental Retardation and a children's home about Soliz.
State District Judge William Bosworth is still considering whether to admit the records into evidence.
Heiskell and defense attorney Greg Westfall have told jurors that Soliz has brain damage from fetal alcohol syndrome and has been treated in the past for mental health problems.
Westfall, during opening statements in the punishment phase of Soliz's capital murder trial, noted one report indicated Soliz "heard voices telling him to kill people" when he was just 10 years old.
Soliz was convicted of capital murder on Friday in the death of Nancy Weatherly, 61, of Godley, during an eight-day crime spree that stretched across two counties.
The jury is now considering whether to give him the death penalty or life in prison withour parole. Testimony is expected to continue today before state District Judge William Bosworth.
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