State v. Jackson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of murder and a sentence of death; and he relies exclusively on a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled by the district judge.

*97The complaint, set forth in his motion is “ that the grand jury that found the indictment was illegally formed; that at least one person who served on said jury, was not drawn on the venire for that term of court.”

His motion is answered by two fatal considerations:

1. All objections to the maimer of drawing and composing the grand jury must be made and urged before plea…