Legal Opinion
Hinton v. . Hinton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 5, 1928PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBisosdeN, J.
Is an alien qualified to act as a juror?
The statutory qualifications for jurors are contained in C. S., 2312. Alienage is not a statutory disqualification for jury service in this State, but the common law prevails in this jurisdiction except to the extent it is repealed or modified by statute. C. S., 970. Under the common law an alien was not qualified to serve as a juror. 1 R. C. L., 802; Reich v. State, 53 Ga., 73; People v. Baker, 27 N. W., 539. As far back as 1824 this Court decided in Ex parte Thompson that an alien was not qualified to serve as an attorney at law for the reason that an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. BarkerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- State v. . LevySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
- State v. . CutshallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
- State v. . UptonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
- Reich v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. . EmerySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
- State v. EmerySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
- John Davis McNeill v. Marvin Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2007
- State v. . KoritzSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
- Golden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
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