Legal Opinion

McQuarrie, Thomas

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 10, 2012No. PD-0803-11Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0803-11 THOMAS MCQUARRIE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS GONZALES COUNTY C OCHRAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which K ELLER, P.J., and P RICE and W OMACK, JJ., joined. OPINION I respectfully dissent. The statements in the juror affidavits offered in this case may constitute “extraneous prejudicial information” under Federal Rule 606(b), but the Texas Supreme Court deliberately did not adopt that exception to the general prohibition against jurors…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Tanner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. JacksonTexas Supreme Court · 2000

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