Black v. State

Appellant was put to trial upon an information charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed in the perpetration of the crime of rape upon the person of Betty Jane McCall. He was found guilty of the offense charged and was given a death sentence, from which judgment is this appeal.

Appellant moved to quash the jury panel upon the ground that no female was on the jury. It was shown that although the number of women who were qualified electors eligible for jury service in Pulaski County, where the case was tried, was nearly as large as the number of…