Batten v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for capital murder [V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.03(a)(3)], wherein the jury assessed the punishment at life imprisonment.

The appellant was charged with hiring one James Bates to murder her husband, George Batten.

At the outset, we are confronted with the most serious question in the case— that the trial court erred in denying the appellant fifteen peremptory challenges to which she was entitled in a capital case under Article 35.15(a), Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., as amended.

The record reflects that the alleged offense occurred on…