Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A challenged juror was not related to appellant within the third degree of consanguinity, and was improperly excluded on that basis; a mistrial was not shown to be necessary where the trial court failed to consider other reasonable alternatives.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2002
• Published 06/26/2002

Judges

• Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David P. Zavoda, Odessa, for appellant., Frank D. Brown, Dist. Atty., Fort Stockton, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.