Legal Opinion
State v. Pierre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 7, 1938No. 34742PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
Defendant was charged with murder, tried, convicted as charged, and sentenced to be hanged. He appealed, and for reversal relies on three bills of exception.
He filed a motion to quash the indictment on the following grounds:. “That the general venire box for the Parish of St. John, did not contain the names of any negro at the time the panel for the Grand Jury was drawn, which returned the Indictment herein against mover; that the officers of the law in charge of said matter not only failed to place in said venire box the names of any negroes qualified to serve as Grand or Petit…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Pierre v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- O.P. Hollis v. J.O. Davis and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Court of Appeals, Bullock County, Criminal Courts, Union SpringsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State v. PierreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Anderson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
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