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Gonzales v. State

Citations

  • 353 S.W.3d 826
  • 2011 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1323
  • 2011 WL 4467183

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the issue is whether an erroneous ruling on a challenge for cause “effectively depriv[ed]” defendant of “statutorily allotted peremptory challenges”
  • explaining that generally “an order is void when the court that entered it . . . lacked jurisdiction to enter the order”
  • “We look at the entire record of voir dire to determine if the evidence is sufficient to support the court’s ruling on a challenge for cause.”
  • \We look at the entire record of voir dire to determine if the evidence is sufficient to support the court's ruling on a challenge for cause.\
  • \We look at the entire record of voir dire to determine if the evidence is sufficient to support the court's ruling on a challenge for cause.\
  • “To establish that the challenge for cause is proper, the proponent of the challenge must show that the venireperson understood the requirements of the law and could not overcome his prejudice enough to follow the law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hervey, Keller, Meyers, Price, Keasler, Cochran, Alcala, Johnson, Womack

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