Holland v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. W. H. Burkhart. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Steve Cravey. Upon his trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree, with a penalty assessed at death. There is no statement of facts in the record, and the opinion of the court sufficiently states and discusses the bills of exception which were reserved by the defendant at the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
In the lower court appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing one Steve Cravey, and his punishment assessed at death. There is no statement of facts in the record. There are, however, three bills of exceptions.
The first relates to the examination of the juror G-. B. O’Brien, as to his qualifications on his voir dire. The defendant peremptorily challenged the juror, and the bill of exceptions states that before the jury was completed his peremptory challenges were exhausted. The learned trial judge, in his explanation attached to the bill, says that it is…
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