Legal Opinion
Hartfield v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 26, 1983No. 59343PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
The appellant was found guilty of capital murder, and his punishment was fixed at death. He complains that a venirewoman was excluded improperly from the jury and that his confession was received improperly.
Section 12.31(b) of our Penal Code requires that:
*438“Prospective jurors shall be informed that a sentence of life imprisonment or death is mandatory on conviction of a capital felony. A prospective juror shall be disqualified from serving as a juror unless he states under oath that the mandatory penalty of death or imprisonment for life will not affect his deliberations…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Roeder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Charles William Bass v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Hartfield v. ThalerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- in Re Jerry Hartfield, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2014
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