McCray v. State

On a trial on an indictment charging the defendant with murder in the first degree of John Otis Menifee, a jury found appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for 99 years. The court sentenced him accordingly.

Appellant asserts as the first issue presented by him on appeal, "Whether the Trial Court committed reversible error in denying the Defendant's Plea in Abatement, Motion to Quash the Venire, and Motion for a New Trial, based on systematic exclusion of minorities from the Grand Jury and Petit Jury selection." A lengthy hearing thereon was…