Mangum v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for murder wherein the punishment was assessed by the jury at 50 years.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a new trial in that one of the jurors had been on a jury panel in another cause, had been peremptorily challenged, and had not been discharged from jury service.

He relies upon Section 14 of Acts 1971, 62nd Legislature, p. 2801, ch. 905 (noted under Article 2094, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. (selecting names for jury wheel), which reads:

“Once a prospective juror has been removed from…