Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1983
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on City of San Antonio v. Hamilton · Bell v. State · Jones v. State
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“We understand this assignment refers to the questions asked prospective jurors on their voir dire concerning any conscientious scruples they might have in returning a verdict of guilty where the punishment is fixed by law at death if the facts justified such a verdict. We understand further that the objections made go to the form of the questions only. The form of the questions objected to varied somewhat in wording, but substantially they were all the same. For instance, one juror was asked this question: “Have you any conscientious scruples against returning a verdict of guilty where the punishment is fixed at death if the facts justify returning a verdict of that sort?” Another was asked: “Have you any conscientious scruples against voting for a verdict of guilty where the law fixes the punishment at death?” Substantially all the questions were the same. It is well settled in this State that there is no error in permitting the prosecuting attorney to ask prospective jurors such questions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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