Legal Opinion

Wilkerson v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1949No. 37341PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRoberds, J.

Appellant was convicted of burglary. He urges us to réverse and remand the case because (1) error was made by the trial court in the method of selecting and empanel ing the jury which convicted him, (2) the verdict of guilty is against the great weight of the evidence, and (3) the property taken during the course of the burglary was not identified.

On the first question, court started on Monday morning, March 21, 1949. Sixty-two persons, whose names had been duly drawn from the jury box, reported for jury duty. That number had been exhausted in empaneling the grand and two petit juries. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McCary v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Franklin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Box v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973

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