Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of John W. Kimbro, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for 25-years.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of John W. Kimbro, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for 25-years. The facts pertaining to the ruling of the trial court upon the motion to quash the venue of the petit jurors, which had been drawn and summoned for the week during which the defendant was placed upon trial, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The State introduced testimony tending to show that the defendant and Kimbro, at the time of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
Before entering upon the trial of this case upon its merits, the defendant, by his counsel, moved to quash the venire of thfe petit jury which had been drawn and summoned for the, then, present week of the term. We mean the regular panel drawn and summoned to do jury service for that week ; not the jury specially drawn to complete the number required in capital cases. Several grounds were assigned in support of the motion, but only one is insisted on . here, namely, that when the names were drawn, the work of determining who were suitable and qualified persons to do jury service in the county…
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