Comings v. State

Ethridge, J.,

delivered a dissenting opinion.

I am unable to concur in the opinion of the majority. Beluctant as I am to dissent on account of the possibility of the defendant and others indicted with him being connected with organized criminal agencies, I do not think that we can overlook the errors mentioned in the majority opinion without denying the fair trial by an impartial jury guaranteed to all persons accused of crime under section 26 of the Constitution. A fair trial by jury, I think, mieans a trial on competent evidence, fairly conducted, in which all the rights of the defendant are…