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GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 44925.

481 S.W.2d 838 (1972)

Elmer Glendon GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd M. Lunsford, So. Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Henry Oncken, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, five (5) years.

Appellant's first seven grounds of error relate to jury selection. Forty prospective jurors appeared when the case was called. Two were excused (about which there is no question). None of the others was successfully challenged for cause. When the appellant completed his examination of venireman No. 22, the prosecutor announced that he would exercise no...

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