Legal Opinion

Willis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided October 24, 1962No. Nos. A-13272, A-13273Published

1Opinion of the Court

NIX, Presiding Judge.

This is an original action in which the Petitioner, Rodger Willis, seeks a Writ of Prohibition and Writ of Mandamus directed to the Honorable Troy H. Massey, Justice of the Peace, and Virgil Upchurch, County Attorney of Caddo County, Oklahoma, asking the Court of Criminal Appeals to assume original jurisdiction in case #4246 pending before said Justice of the Peace.

The petition and memorandum brief alleges that said Troy Massey systematically, intentionally, and wilfully pre-eliminated fifty per cent (50%) of the possible qualified jurors to try said cause by not having…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Burford v. SullivanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
  2. Kimmel v. WallaceCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962

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