McCravey v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

From his conviction of rape and sentence to twenty years in the penitentiary, the defendant below, James Anderson McCravey, appeals to this court.

He says that the court erred in dismissing for cause prospective jurors because they did not believe in capital punishment. He relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776. The court excused eleven jurors, who, in their voir dire testimony, said, in substance, that they would not consider imposing capital punishment, no matter what the proof would reveal. We think this complies with…