Karnes v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Roanoke. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The accused was convicted of murder in the second de*761gree and sentenced to twelve years’ confinement in the penitentiary.
[1,2] 1. The- prisoner objected to the jury as impaneled, upon the ground that it was illegally constituted and selected, and in support of his motion had the original venire facias made a part of the record. His objection was overruled, and he excepted.
The question is controlled by section 4018 of the Code, the last paragraph of which provides that “no irregularity or error in drawing the names or in making out or copying or signing or failing to sign the list, or in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. HillmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Carlton v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Cluverius v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
- Stout v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
- McBride v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
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- United States v. Roland W. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Derr v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
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