Pierson v. State

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for a capital murder. Punishment is death.

Appellant raises fifteen grounds of error. We deal only with his contentions that two prospective jurors were excused for cause in violation of his right to an impartial jury and due process of law under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. See Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776 (1968). Because the record reflects that both jurors were improperly excused, we reverse appellant’s conviction.

Prospective juror William Graham initially testified that he was opposed…