 On March 14, 1964, Ruby was convicted of murder with malice and was sentenced to death.Ruby's conviction was overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on the grounds that "an oral confession of premeditation made while in police custody" should have been ruled inadmissible, because it violated a Texas criminal statute.The court also ruled that the venue should have been changed to a Texas county other than the one in which the high-profile crime had been committed.