Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Vernon Lamar Sattiewhite, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

October 25, 19891989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 189

Summary

The Court affirmed the capital murder conviction, holding that the trial court's erroneous jury instruction about hung jury consequences was harmless and that the denial of a challenge for cause of juror Cowswert was proper. The dissent argued the opposite, contending the error was not harmless and the juror should have been excused.