(DOWNLOAD) "Billy Wayne White v. State Texas" by Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Billy Wayne White v. State Texas
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 23, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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In the first ground he argues that the judgment and verdict are void because the jury heard evidence, as well as the States opening statement, before all the jurors had taken the oath prescribed by V.A.C.C.P. Article 35.22. The venire members were examined individually on voir dire, as V.A.C.C.P. Article 35.17, Section 2, permits. The trial court administered the jury oath to each juror separately after he was accepted for the jury. This practice of separately swearing jurors in capital cases was required under former law, but it has not been required under the present Code of Criminal Procedure since December 31, 1965. See Onion, "Special Commentary," 2 Vernons Annotated Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas 624 (1966). In this case the trial court failed to administer an individual oath to the third juror who was accepted. No objection was made at that time, and the matter apparently escaped the attention of everyone.