State v. Britt

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant contends the trial court erred in excusing for cause certain prospective jurors who indicated they could not return a verdict of guilty knowing such verdict would necessitate imposition of a death sentence.

We note initially that in his brief defendant names no specific juror he contends was improperly challenged for cause. He apparently challenges the phraseology of the questions propounded by the district attorney to prospective jurors McCall and McDonald. The district attorney asked these and other jurors whether they were “opposed to it” (capital punishment) or…