Legal Opinion
Franklin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 30, 2004No. 1481-00PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
We granted review in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in applying a constitutional harm analysis to the trial court’s denial of a mistrial after one of the jurors revealed during trial that she knew the victim. We conclude that it did not.
Facts
During voir dire at B.J. Franklin’s trial, defense counsel asked the veniremembers if they knew any of the participants in the trial. None of the jurors indicated that they knew the participants. But when the State called its first witness — the victim— to the…
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