State v. Martinez

LUJAN, Justice.

The defendant was tried upon a charge of having murdered Beraldo Archuleta and . was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. From this judgment and sentence he has appealed to this court.

It is asserted that the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s challenge to' the jury panel, because as it is said, “A large number of jurors were excused indiscriminately and without good cause, so that the panel that is now placed upon this defendant is not made up in the order in which they came or based upon legitimate causes.” It seems…