Legal Opinion
Lacy v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 24, 1966No. 5154PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.
Ervin Lacy was charged, tried, and convicted of the crime of rape (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3401 [Repl. 1964]), and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for new trial contains eight assignments, which his counsel has grouped into four points.
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Point No. 1 is: “The trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the petit jury panel because of racial discrimination in the selection of the jury panel in Phillips County, Arkansas.” The appellant is a Negro and he claims that Negroes were discriminated against in the selection of the petit jury panel. He…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- ANDERSON Et Al. v. MARTINSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Luther Bailey v. Lee Henslee, Superintendent of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by4 opinions
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