Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 10, 1984No. 69147PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder; the punishment in this case is death. Appellant raises eleven grounds of error. Six relate to jury selection, two address rulings on the admissibility of evidence, two complain of jury argument, and one challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

We first address the six grounds of error relating to the jury selection process. In three of these appellant complains of the trial court excluding prospective jurors on the state’s challenge for cause. Reliance is placed on Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38, 100 S.Ct. 2521, 65 L.Ed.2d 581…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Payton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Phelps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. McKay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Nethery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Guerra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Montoya v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. Easterling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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