Legal Opinion

Gentry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 10, 1926No. 10000PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years.

The record is not accompanied by .any statement of the evidence heard in the trial court.

The indictment is attacked upon averments claiming that certain conduct attributed to the district judge was violative of the statutory provisions governing the selection of persons from whom the grand jury was drawn. The statute requires the appointment by the judge of three commissioners to select the grand jury; that the judge shall…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  2. Juarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. McKee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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