Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Fierro
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 26, 2002No. 1879-00, 1880-00PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
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Appellant, by separate indictments, was charged with two incidents of aggravated sexual assault. The day after a petit jury of twelve persons was selected and sworn for trial of both causes, one of the jurors informed the trial court that she was appellant’s cousin. The state then challenged that juror for cause pursuant to Tex.Code Crim. Proc., Art. 35.16(b)(2), claiming that she was related to appellant within the third degree of consanguinity. Appellant personally and by his attorney stated that the juror was…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Crist v. BretzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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4Cited by45 opinions
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
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- Castaneda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Leonard Pierson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013
- Ex Parte Rodriguez, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2012
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