Legal Opinion
Hovila v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 8, 1978No. 56989PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
In 1974, appellant, William David Hovila, was convicted of murder and assessed the death penalty. We reversed the conviction on appeal because several prospective jurors had been excused in violation of the Witherspoon decision. 532 S.W.2d 293 (Tex.Cr.App.1975). On remand, appellant was convicted of capital murder and again assessed the death penalty. This appeal followed.
No challenge is made to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. The evidence introduced at the guilt stage of the trial established that on June 27, 1973, Hovila went to the office of…
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- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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