State v. Cooler
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Moore, J., Jasper, Spring term, 1917. Aleas Cooler and another were convicted of murder, and they appeal. submit: The defendants were entitled to twenty challenges: Criminal Code, vol. II, Code of'Raws, 1912, sec. 82. The Circuit Judge had a perfect legal right to remove a juror from the panel or to dismiss the entire panel: R. C. R., vol. VIII, p. 156, sec. 145, and cases cited thereunder; R. C. R., vol.
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Before Moore, J., Jasper, Spring term, 1917. Aleas Cooler and another were convicted of murder, and they appeal. submit: The defendants were entitled to twenty challenges: Criminal Code, vol. II, Code of'Raws, 1912, sec. 82. The Circuit Judge had a perfect legal right to remove a juror from the panel or to dismiss the entire panel: R. C. R., vol. VIII, p. 156, sec. 145, and cases cited thereunder; R. C. R., vol. VIII, p. 155, sec. 143. The Court erred in holding that the jury had been accepted by the defendant, Cooler: 11 S. C. 319; 26 S. C. 198; 66 S. C. 326; 1 Bailey 651; 2 Bailey 565;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The appellants were convicted of murder and sentenced to electrocution. There are 21 exceptions. Several of the exceptions raise the same questions, and, as they have not been separately stated, they need not be separately considered.
1 1. The first question in logical order refers to the stenographic report in the case. The stenographer did not take notes of the examination of jurors upon their voir dire, and this failure is a subject of appeal. The selection of the jury is a very important part of the trial. They are required to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MappusSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
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