Legal Opinion

Saulter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 7, 1922No. 6927PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— This conviction was for forgery in the District Court of Wichita County, with punishment of five years in the penitentiary affixed.

The indictment herein was returned by a grand jury which was selected according to neither method provided by Chapter 1, Title 7 of our Code of Criminal Procedure, but in apparent disregard of the plain direction of said statute^. A motion to quash based on said ground was overruled. The matter is fully discussed in Russell v. State, No. 6923 this day decided. For the reasons given in the Russell ease we are of opinion the trial court erred in…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  2. Acuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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