Schwartz v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. .Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Maier Schwartz was convicted of murder and appeals. One of the assignments of error on appeal, urged hy counsel, is that the juror Duffy was disqualified by reason of having formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. The voir dire examination of this juror is as follows: “Q. ... You are qualified to, serve on a jury in this county? A. Yes, sir.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. .Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Maier Schwartz was convicted of murder and appeals. One of the assignments of error on appeal, urged hy counsel, is that the juror Duffy was disqualified by reason of having formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. The voir dire examination of this juror is as follows: “Q. ... You are qualified to, serve on a jury in this county? A. Yes, sir. Q. You are fixing to try Maier Schwartz for the killing of a colored hackman by the name of Jackson Fletcher. Do you know the defendant? A. No, sir. Q. Have…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Adams county upon a charge of murder, and sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary. From this judgment, he appeals to this court.
The evidence established the fact that appellant was guilty of an exceedingly atrocious murder. It is insisted that one of the jurors, who, over the objections of defendant, was permitted to try his cause, was shown on his voir dire to have formed a fixed opinion of the guilt of the defendant.
A careful reading of all of the questions to and answers of this juror, in our opinion, merely shows that he…
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