Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Under Rule of Appellate Procedure 44.2(b), harm from the erroneous denial of a challenge for cause occurs when appellant used a peremptory challenge to cure the denial, exhausted his challenges, was denied a request for additional challenges, and identified an objectionable venire member who sat on the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2001
• Published 03/28/2001

Judges

• PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which HOLLAND, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined., Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Hinton, Houston, for appellant., S. Elaine Roch, Asst. DA, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.