State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Kapides; W. E. Blackman, Judge. James Smith was convicted of rape, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence to life imprisonment on a charge of rape. Eighteen bills of exception appear in the record.
Bill of exceptions No. 1 was retained to the overruling by the lower court of a motion to quash the bill of indictment on the ground that the grand jury by which it was returned was illegally constituted. The facts surrounding the drawing and impaneling of the said grand jury were as follows:
*1093On the day that the jury was to be impaneled, all of the twenty men selected and summoned for that purpose appeared and answered to their names, save one. From among…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. McGarritySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State Ex Rel. De Armas v. PlattSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- People v. HarrisNew York Supreme Court · 1944
- State v. BaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- State v. RicheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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