Legal Opinion

Metters v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided July 3, 1985No. 01-84-0285-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery; the trial court found the enhancement allegation to be true and assessed his punishment at 18 years confinement. We affirm.

In his first ground of error, appellant alleges that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to strike the jury panel. After the jury had been sworn, the defense counsel dictated the following motion into the record:

At this time, Your Honor, comes now the defendant, Chester Metiers, by and through his attorney of record, Walter Pink, and would respectfully object to the jury as it is situated…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Breazeale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Cano v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Andrews v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. Metters v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985
  3. Speaker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1987
  4. Speaker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1987
  5. Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985

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