State v. Shelton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. The defendant was accused of the crime of murder, committed, as charged in the indictment, in the killing of one William Swanson. He was convicted of murder of the second degree, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from this judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNeed, J.
1. CRIMINAL procedure: challenge to noabfaiuror: shown. I. Defendant challenged four members of the grand jury. The challenge was sustained as to three of the jurors, and overruled as to the fourth. He then ° requested the court to order me panel to be hied i by ^ie selection .of three additional jurors, but this request was overruled. The action of the court in overruling said challenge and refusing to order the panel to be filled, as requested, is complained of. The ground of the challenge was, that the grand juror had formed such an opinion as to the guilt of the defendant as would prevent *335…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. McCormickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- State v. GarhartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
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