Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 11, 1984No. 60133PublishedCited by 195 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of capital murder and answered the three special issues affirmatively. Punishment was assessed at death. See Art. 37.071, V.A.C. C.P.

Appellant asserts thirty-one grounds of error. In his nineteenth ground appellant contends that the trial court erred in excusing several prospective jurors.

This ground of error appears to be based upon two separate contentions: that the trial court struck certain prospective jurors because they said that it would be difficult for them to impose the death penalty upon one “convicted solely under the…

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by195 opinions

  1. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  5. Cordova v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985

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