Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 11, 1940No. 34319PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

We find no reversible error in this record, and consider that the only point which requires discussion is the complaint made by appellant as regards the manner in which the trial jury was impaneled.

It has been difficult to determine from the record the precise manner in which this was done, but the following outline of it will be sufficient. There was a special venire and the trial judge first called the entire venire to the bar and inquired as to the general qualifications of the members. To each of those found to possess the general qualifications required of jurors and who had no valid…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Peters v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Bright v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Hollis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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