Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided March 12, 1992No. 01-88-01135-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Frances Finster Turner, guilty of capital murder. 1 The trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment. We affirm.

In her second point of error, appellant contends the trial court reversibly erred in denying her demand for a shuffle of the jury panel. The facts surrounding the request are as follows:

Before the jury selection process began, appellant filed a request for the use of questionnaires and individual voir dire of the veniremen. During the pretrial hearing, on September 15, 1988, appellant’s motion for questionnaires to be used was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Thier v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Stark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Yanez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Carr v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Carr v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993

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