Legal Opinion

Hughes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 9, 1948No. 24078Published

1Opinion

ON APPELLANT’S motion for rehearing.

Appellant insists that we should have considered his motion to quash the indictment alleging race discrimination in the organization of the grand jury, even though no exception was taken to the action of the trial court in refusing the motion.

In Vines v. State, 67 Tex. Cr. R. 355, 148 S. W. 727, we said:

"All those questions raised in the motion for new trial, about there being no negroes on the jury panel, not being served with a copy of the special venire, etc., not being presented in a bill of exceptions, and there being no evidence in the record in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Vines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

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