Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 12, 1906No. 15,915PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul Léche, Judge. Tama Johnson and others were convicted of murder, and appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.

Defendants having been convicted of murder without capital punishment, have appealed, and present their case (or-eases) to this court by means of certain bills of exception which will be considered seriatim as follows, to wit:

1. They moved to quash the venire and the-indictment upon the grounds as alleged by them (1) that the jury commissioners never selected 300 competent men to serve as jurors, and never kept or caused to be kept a general venire list of the names of such jurors; or (2)-if such list ever existed, that they never kept the same complete by striking off the names of those who…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. DesrocheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  2. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
  3. Marsh v. SandersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  4. State ex rel. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co. v. St. PaulSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  5. Commonwealth v. PlaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. McGrawSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  2. State v. TateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  3. State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. State v. BirbigliaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  5. State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949

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