Powers v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder without malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at five years.

At the outset, appellant contends that the court erred in overruling his challenge for cause of prospective juror Dimbleby.

Appellant urges that he was forced to use a peremptory challenge on Dimbleby after the court refused to sustain his challenge for cause and, as a result, he was forced to take an objectionable juror by the name of Weldon.

The basis for appellant’s complaint that the court erred in refusing to sustain his challenge to Dimbleby is that,…