BARRETT v. STATE

No. 48940.

516 S.W.2d 181 (1974)

David William BARRETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin O. Teague, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Clyde F. DeWitt, III, and Ronald Young, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, six months.

The sole question presented relates to the court's action in limiting appellant's voir dire examination of the jury panel to 30 minutes.

At the commencement of the selection proceedings, the trial court announced that each side would receive 30 minutes to conduct its voir dire examination of the jury panel. The court proceeded to instruct the panel on...

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