Parker v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Murder. Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before 1-Ton. I). W. Speake. Luther Parker was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals.
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Murder. Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before 1-Ton. I). W. Speake. Luther Parker was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The defendant entered a motion to quash the venire upon the grounds “(1) that a copy of the petit jurors drawn for the second week of this term of this court was not served upon the defendant as required by order of the court; (2) because a copy of the list of the petit jurors drawn for the second week of this term of this court, together with a copy of the list of the special jurors drawn and ordered summoned in this case, was not served…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— There was no error in overruling the motion to quash the venire. Section 7265 of the Criminal Code of 1907 provides that, when the day set for the *8trial is a day of a subsequent week of the term, the special jurors so drawn, together with the jurors dratvn for such subsequent week, shall constitute such venire.
The record shows that G. C. Ahhatt tvas drawn as one of the jurors for the week set for the trial, and the order for serving the venire was made by the court in accordance with the statute; and the list of jurors served on the defendant, as set out in the bill of exceptions, also…
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