Anderson v. State

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for committing the offense of rape, see V.T. C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 21.02. After a plea of not guilty, a jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment, enhanced by one prior felony conviction, V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(b), at life imprisonment.

Appellant’s first ground of error complains of the trial court’s refusal to disqualify venireperson Gooch for cause after she admitted knowing the victim of the rape, and several of the State’s witnesses. 1

Art. 35.16(a)(8), V.A.C.C.P., requires that a prospective juror be dismissed…