PIERCE v. STATE

No. 68822.

696 S.W.2d 899 (1985)

Anthony Leroy PIERCE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Griffin and Allen C. Isbell (on appeal only), Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, Bob Burdette and Kay Burkhalter, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


McCORMICK, Judge.

OPINION

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death. Appellant raises fifteen grounds of error. Because we have found reversible error in the voir dire examination, we forego discussion of appellant's remaining grounds of error.

In his second and third grounds of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his challenges for cause to prospective jurors Geoffrey Ralph Gorka and Mary...

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