Opinion ID: 2599941
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: John V.

Text: On his questionnaire, John V. wrote that a person who intentionally killed someone who had done nothing to harm the killer always should receive the death penalty. If faced with an intentional killing during a robbery or the killing of a witness, and there was no other relationship between the killer and the victim, he believed the death penalty always should be imposed. Information concerning the defendant's background would not, he stated, carry much significance. He also stated, however, that he would follow the law as instructed and keep an open mind, and if the evidence warranted it he could vote for life imprisonment without possibility of parole. He felt that he would vote for the death penalty, but conceded it was possible that upon learning more facts he might change his mind. The trial court properly disallowed defense counsel's challenge for cause, stating it appeared the juror was ambivalent at the moment and would follow the law and the evidence as given in the case.