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PIERSON v. STATE

No. 63437.

614 S.W.2d 102 (1980)

James Willard PIERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

On Rehearing April 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., & Steve Wilensky & Robert Whaley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

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...

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