Carr v. Smith

I respectfully dissent to the majority’s conclusion that voir dire begins when the attorneys read the jury questionnaires, and that a request for a jury shuffle after reading the questionnaires comes after voir dire has begun and therefore is untimely.

The Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals have taken steps in the last several years to create consistency between the civil and criminal rules of evidence and of appellate procedure. Additionally, the court of criminal appeals has stated that the standard for reviewing the factual sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal…