SOROLA v. TEXAS

No. 88-7384.

493 U.S. 1005 (1989)

SOROLA v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 11, 1989.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom JUSTICE MARSHALL joins, dissenting.

Petitioner, Joe Sorola, was indicted for capital murder under Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (Supp. 1988-1989). At trial, the State announced in open court that it would not seek the death penalty and jury selection proceeded as if the death penalty was not at issue.1 As the lower court explained:

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