Bizzell v. State

Judge Davidson has written an opinion herein and presented it in consultation reversing this case because of the action of the court in not strictly following the statutes with reference to the organization of a jury and special venire, in a capital case. He quotes articles 673, 675, 676, 677 and 696, Code Criminal Procedure, and cites some cases. And, in effect, he holds that the statute on the subject is mandatory and that the court will not stop to speculate about whether injury has resulted to appellant, especially in capital cases under the positive assertions and terms of the said…