Legal Opinion

Walker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1924No. 8693PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for murder, with punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for thirty-five years.

Appellant filed an instrument styled a “Motion to Quash the Venire,” which had been drawn from which to select a jury. By whatever name called it was in fact a challenge to the array of jurors. As one ground of the motion it was averred that one of the jury commissioners which selected the jurors had a suit pending in the district court which required the intervention of a jury, which fact is claimed to have dis-qualified the commissioner under Art. 5122, R. C. S., and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  4. Pickens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Hickox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Pittman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Philen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Barkley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  4. Conn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. McElroy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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