Case ID: so2d_242/html/0886-04.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HAMLIN, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

257 La. 551
    STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Bruce BARKSDALE v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
    No. 51042.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Jan. 27, 1971.
   In re: Bruce Barksdale applying for writ of habeas corpus.

Application denied. The showing made does not warrant the exercise of either our original or supervisory jurisdiction. Considering the voir dire examination as a whole, the jurors named in the application were properly challenged for cause under the principles announced in Witherspoon v. Illinois. Moreover, no jury predisposed to capital punishment could have resulted since the defendant may challenge for cause under the law of this state any prospective juror opposed to a qualified verdict. See State v. Henry, 196 La. 217, 198 So. 910 (1941); State v. Jackson, 227 La. 642, 80 So.2d 105 (1955); State v. Weston, 232 La. 766, 95 So.2d 305 (1957). The record discloses that all jurors selected affirmed their willingness to consider a qualified verdict.

HAMLIN, J.,

concurs on the ground that the showing made does not warrant the exercise of our supervisory jurisdiction.