Larry Dwight Bouchillon, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction for burglary, rejecting the appellant's claims that the prosecutor improperly commented on his failure to testify, that a prison packet was inadmissible hearsay, that grand jurors were disqualified by nepotism, and that he was denied additional peremptory challenges. The majority held that none of these alleged errors warranted reversal. Two concurring judges joined the result, with one emphasizing the proper handling of the direct appeal and the other questioning the treatment of the peremptory challenge issue.