State v. Guillory
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. I-I. Pavy, Judge. Eelicide Guillory was convicted of larceny, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
[1] 1. Defendant, having been charged with larceny and called to stand trial, challenged the array, alleging ' that the general venire from which were to be dr^wn the jurors by whom he was to be tried was illegally constituted, in this, that one of the witnesses required by law to be present at the selection of the citizens to constitute that body was incompetent by reason of his inability to read and write the English language, and that, the court having ordered the selection to be made anew, the jury commission, instead of complying with that order, merely selected other citizens to replace…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
- State v. FeazellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. AvisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Town of Jennings v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- State v. McGeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921