Houston v. State

COHEN, Justice.

After finding appellant guilty of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, a jury assessed his punishment at 12 years imprisonment.

Appellant contends that the trial court should have granted his motion to quash the jury because the jury selected on September 8, 1986, decided a similar case between then and September 11, when his trial began. He asserts that the jury was tainted because the interim case involved a similar offense and the same witnesses.

The motion hearing revealed that eight of appellant’s jurors had decided a controlled substance delivery case after they…