Legal Opinion

Myers v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 29, 1895PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Clark. Fulton superior court. September term, 1894.

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Justice.

The facts necessary to an understanding of the questions made in this case are as follows:

William J. Myers was indicted in Fulton superior court for the murder of Forrest Crowley. Upon his trial for this offense he was convicted, and thereupon moved for a new trial upon numerous grounds. It will be necessary to the determination of the cause to refer to such only of the *80grounds of the motion for a new trial as we now proceed to set forth.(1) Because the jury which tried him was not a fair and impartial jury, one of the jurors, to wit IT. T. IIufE, having been an unfair,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  2. Epps v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  3. Fogarty v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  4. Greenfield v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  5. McLean v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. People v. JelkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  2. United States v. KobliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
  3. State v. HeightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917

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