People v. . Dunn
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment, charging defendant with murder in the first degree, and from an order granting a special jury. The defendant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, and, upon being arraigned, pleaded not guilty. Thereafter the people applied for a special jury to try the issue, under the provisions of chapter 378 of the Laws of 1896. The application was granted by the appellate division of the supreme court in the First department.
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Appeal from judgment, charging defendant with murder in the first degree, and from an order granting a special jury. The defendant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, and, upon being arraigned, pleaded not guilty. Thereafter the people applied for a special jury to try the issue, under the provisions of chapter 378 of the Laws of 1896. The application was granted by the appellate division of the supreme court in the First department. Leave to appeal to this court was then granted, upon the ground that a question of law was presented which ought to be here reviewed, and…
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, J. (after stating the facts).
I think that the question which has been certified to us should be answered in the affirmative, and, were in not for the general interest and the importance which it possesses, we might well leave the discussion with the opinion as delivered at the appellate division. It must be perfectly apparent that the act has but the one direct object, of facilitating the administration of justice in criminal cases, by providing for the impaneling of a fair, competent, and impartial jury, without the difficulty and delay with which the procedure is so frequently…
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