STATE EX REL. BARKSDALE v. HENDERSON

No. 51042.

242 So.2d 886 (1971)

257 La. 551

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Bruce BARKSDALE v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 27, 1971.


Application denied. The showing made does not warrant the exercise of either our original or supervisory jurisdiction. Considering the voir dire examination as a whole, the jurors named in the application were properly challenged for cause under the principles announced in Witherspoon v. Illinois. Moreover, no jury predisposed to capital punishment could have resulted since the defendant may challenge for cause under the...

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