Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 17, 1926No. 9628Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is seduction, the punishment is two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant in his motion for a new trial asked the court to grant same on the ground that F. A. Glenn, one of the jurors in said cause, was neither a householder in the county nor a freeholder in the state. The bill of exceptions pertaining to this matter shows that counsel representing the defendant did not know that Mr. Glenn was not a householder or freeholder until after the trial of the case. The bill, however, also fails to show, that any inquiry was made of Mr. Glenn on his voir dire examination by…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Leeper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
  2. Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  3. Lane v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890

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