Legal Opinion

Maddox v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1975No. 29397PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Chief Justice.

John H. Maddox was indicted, tried and convicted for the offense of selling marijuana. Challenges to the array of the grand and traverse jurors were made in which it was contended, among other things, that the provisions of the Act of 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 725) contained in Code Ann. § 59-112 (d) which permits any woman who does not desire to serve upon juries to notify the jury commissioners of the county in which she resides in writing to that effect whereupon her name shall not be placed in a jury box for said county.

On the trial of the case the state introduced…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fogarty v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  2. State v. GouldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Tilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  4. Groves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  5. Gould v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  2. Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Houser v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Benefield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  5. David Peek v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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