# Casarez v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · December 13, 1995 · 913 S.W.2d 468

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9767517

## Case

- **Full name:** George Toby CASAREZ, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** December 13, 1995
- **Citations:** 913 S.W.2d 468; 1995 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 132; 1994 WL 695868
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCORMICK
- **Judges:** Baird, Campbell, Clinton, Maloney, Mansfield, McCORMICK, Meyers, Overstreet, White
- **Cited by:** 95 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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- concluding, in case involving strike of Pentecostals, that peremptory strikes based on religious affiliation do not violate the federal constitution
- holding that state interests in peremptory challenges justify excluding prospective jurors based on their religious affiliation
- holding that challenges based upon religious affiliation are justified as "promot[ing] fairness and impartiality on the jury"

## Opinion text

McCORMICK, P.J.,
adhering to the views expressed in my dissenting opinion on original submission, I join the opinion of majority on rehearing.
CLINTON, OVERSTREET and MALONEY, JJ., dissent.

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