Hall v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Hall was convicted of attempted arson. He was sentenced to serve ten years in prison and to pay a substantial fine.

Prior to trial, and after hearing evidence, the trial court rejected Hall’s challenge to the array of grand and traverse juries. Hall appeals, alleging that the jury selection statute (OCGA § 15-12-40) is unconstitutional, both on its face and as applied in Long County.

1. We dealt with the first contention in Robinson v. State, 225 Ga. 167, 168 (167 SE2d 158) (1969), where we held: “The statute is not subject to the attack made since the purpose in its adoption…