Richards v. State

The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for murder in the first degree, and sentenced to execution.

When the jury was being qualified, several jurors, in answer to an inquiry from the court, stated that they would not bring in a verdict for capital punishment on circumstantial evidence. Thereupon the solicitor challenged them each separately for cause. Defendant objected in each instance, the court overruled each-objection and excused the jurors. By section 8612 it is a good ground for challenge by the state, if the person has a fixed opinion against capital ox-penitentiary punishment,…