IN RE COMMITMENT OF HILL

No. 10-0280.

334 S.W.3d 226 (2011)

In re COMMITMENT OF Seth HILL, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Lang II , Nelda F. Williams , State Counsel for Offenders, Ann Gray Landeros , TDCJ-State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, Kyle A. Pinkerton , Williams & Byrd, Lufkin, Randall Bernard Miller, Arlington, for Petitioner.

Melinda Fletcher , Special Prosecution Unit, Amarillo, Heather White Britten , Special Prosecution Unit-Civil Div., Holly Hagaman Haynes , Cara Michele Evans , Special Prosecution Unit, Civil Division, Huntsville, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

A party selecting jurors for trial must be given latitude to intelligently use its peremptory challenges to seat a jury that, to the greatest extent possible, is free from bias. Here, because the trial court refused to allow two permissible lines of questioning, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment upholding the trial court's ruling and remand this case for a new trial.

This is an appeal from a civil commitment proceeding in which a jury found...

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