Legal Opinion

Read v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 10, 1916PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Bullock Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Butler Read was convicted of homicide in the first degree, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

SOMERVILLE, J.(1) One of the veniremen, Walker L. Brooks, was drawn and summoned under the name of Walter. L. Brooks, and was so noted in the copy served on defendant. Defendant seasonably moved for a continuance of the cause on this ground, which motion was overruled. He moved the court to quash the venire on the grounds that the jury list was not properly selected by the commissioners, and that they did not purge the jury box of names illegally placed therein. Defend*672ant’s rights with respect to this venire, no fraud or corruption appearing, were qualified by section 32 of the jury law…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  2. Lindsey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Thompkins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

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