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GRIDER v. STATE

No. 43728.

468 S.W.2d 393 (1971)

Jackie Wayne GRIDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Bock, Waco (Court appointed), Don Hall, Waco (Court appointed), Neal Wheeler, Dallas (Court appointed), William Frank, Houston (Court appointed), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Harry J. Schulz, Jr., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., and Edgar Mason, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for murder where the punishment was assessed at death.

The trial occurred in Dallas County after a change of venue from McLennan County.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, but we are met at the outset with the most serious question in the case. The appellant contends that his constitutional rights were violated by the trial court's improper exclusion of...

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