Jones v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of cattle theft. Tex.Penal Code § 31.-03(e)(4)(A). The jury then sentenced appel lant to six years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Waco Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. Jones v. State, 805 S.W.2d 842 (Tex.App.—Waco 1991). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review, pursuant to Tex.R.App.Pro. 200(c)(1) and (2), to resolve whether a defendant has the right to shuffle the jury after the State’s…