Hovila v. State

*294OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, under Article 1257, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.1 and Article 37.071, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.2, death.

We are met at the outset with appellant’s contention that “the trial court failed to properly apply the standards of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776 (1968).”

Witherspoon held that “a sentence of death cannot be carried out if the jury that imposed or recommended it was chosen by excluding veniremen for cause simply because they voiced general objections to the death penalty or expressed conscientious or…