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Barrett v. State

Citations

  • 516 S.W.2d 181
  • 1974 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1956

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding thirty-minute time restriction on voir dire in trial for aggravated assault
  • 30 minute time limit was reasonable when counsel \sought to extend the voir dire proceedings indefinitely by proposing to propound an unspecified number of additional questions to the panel\
  • intent to prolong voir dire shown where counsel spent seventy percent of his time on general principles of law
  • trial court did not err in limiting voir dire to thirty minutes where counsel spent seventy percent of his time on general principles of law
  • 30 minute time limit was reasonable when counsel \sought to extend the voir dire proceedings indefinitely by proposing to propound an unspecified number of additional questions to the panel\

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Judges: Morrison, Onion, Roberts

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