Jewel Richard McGee, Jr., Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Jewel Richard McGEE, Jr.'s capital murder conviction, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the hammer as the murder weapon, that the murder was committed in the course of robbery, that the indictment provided adequate notice, that prospective juror Henrietta Isles Locke was properly excused for cause, and that the trial court did not err on various evidentiary and procedural issues. A dissent by Judge Clinton argued that Locke's refusal to ever vote the death penalty did not automatically constitute substantial impairment and would reverse the conviction; Judge Teague concurred in the affirmation of the denial of a change of venue.