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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 223 S.W.3d 379
  • 2007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 391
  • 2007 WL 984571

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding denial of proper voir dire question is error of constitutional magnitude
  • holding denial of proper voir dire question is error of constitutional magnitude
  • discussing State’s attempt to limit scope of constitutional right to ask proper question
  • \[T]he right to be heard at voir dire is a right to participate in the proceedings in a certain way.\
  • before a juror can be excused for cause, he must state he cannot follow the law
  • “constitutional right to be heard requires permitting the (proper) question defense counsel wishes to ask, not the one the trial court believes adequately protects the defendant”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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