Ramon Pedro Hernandez, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a continuance, refusing to attach absent veniremen, allowing an allegedly incompetent witness and leading questions, refusing to submit the third punishment issue, and in excluding six veniremen. Separate dissenting opinions argue that the trial court improperly excluded jurors, particularly Frances Bradley, and that the majority failed to properly apply Witherspoon and Adams.