Walker v. Hagins

Carley, Presiding Justice.

Following a jury trial on May 30, 2003, Robert Lavon Hagins was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. On appeal, Hagins challenged the sufficiency of the evidence and also enumerated as error the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss the jury panel due to alleged errors by the clerk in excusing possible jurors. The Court of Appeals affirmed in an opinion which was not officially reported, holding that the evidence was sufficient and also holding that since the transcript of the hearing on the motion to dismiss the jury panel…