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Gonzales v. State

Citations

  • 3 S.W.3d 915
  • 1999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 100
  • 1999 WL 722256

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding counsel was not diligent when he did not follow up on answers to written questionnaire with more specific questioning during voir dire.
  • holding counsel was not diligent when he did not follow up on answers to written questionnaire with more specific questioning during voir dire.
  • holding counsel was not diligent when he did not follow up on answers to written questionnaire with more specific questioning during voir dire.
  • holding counsel was not diligent when he did not follow up on answers to written questionnaire with more specific questioning during voir dire.
  • stating that counsel must “ask specific questions, not rely on broad ones, to satisfy this obligation” and that counsel must ask follow-up questions after discovering potential bias
  • noting that error occurs where “a prejudiced or biased juror is selected without fault or lack of diligence on the part of defense counsel, such counsel acting in good faith on the juror’s responses and having no knowledge of their inaccuracy”

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Judges: Meyers, Price, Holland, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, McCormick, Keller, Mansfield

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