Ex Parte Mayberry II

I would grant certiorari review in order to consider Mayberry’s claims (1) that the trial judge erred by informing the jury venire during voir dire that Mayberry had been tried on the same charge previously, and (2) that the trial judge erred by reading to the venire a list of the victims to determine whether any of the veniremembers were related to the victims by blood or marriage.

The Court of Criminal Appeals stated:

“[Njeither of these arguments was preserved for our review. The appellant did not object in regard to either issue until after the jury had been selected and sworn. ‘Failure to…