Riddle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McLennan. Tried below before the Honorable Richard I. Munroe. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, ninety-nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of McLennan County of the offense of murder, and his punishment fixed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
It is conceded by the State in this case that the grand jury which indicted appellant was composed of ten men and two women, and that the illegality of such grand jury was properly raised and here presented for our consideration. A discussion of the question involved in this case would be useless inasmuch as the matter has been before this court in other cases in which there has been full discussion. Harper v. State, 90…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Stroud v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
3Cited by3 opinions
- Glover v. CobbCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Ex parte CravensCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943