Legal Opinion
Porter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 21, 1981No. 68336PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of capital murder. The punishment is death. The appellant had been previously tried and convicted for the same offense but the judgment was reversed and cause remanded in Porter v. State, 578 S.W.2d 742 (Tex.Cr.App.1979). The case was retried in Nueces County after the venue was changed from Tarrant County.
The appellant asserts that the trial court erred in the following ways: by overruling his challenge to the array of the jury panel, by excusing improperly for cause several prospective jurors, by not ordering a…
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