Landrum v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of burglary of a habitation. The punishment was assessed at seventy years in the Texas Department of Corrections 1 and a fine of $10,000.00. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Landrum v. State, 757 S.W.2d 860 (Tex.App.—Waco 1988). This Court granted review to determine whether it was error for the trial judge, over appellant’s objection, to excuse one of the jurors for the reason that he was mentally impaired and allow the trial to continue with eleven jurors. We also granted…