Burnett v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree for the shooting and killing of I. C; Emerick. His punishment was fixed at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

For a reversal of the judgment against him, appellant contends that the court erred -ill excusing for cause Mr. J. R. Grogan, a member, of the regular panel of jurors. The following occurred on the voir dire examination of the juror: “By the court: Q. Mr. Grogan, you have been asked by the prosecuting attorney if you had formed an opinion as to how this killing occurred, in answer to the prosecuting…