Grooms v. State

Plaintiffs in error, Furman Junior Grooms and Wilbur Stinnett, appeal from a conviction of burglary and larceny. In this case the Court is confronted with the minutes of the trial court which affirmatively show plaintiffs in error were convicted by a jury of thirteen members. Since this will require reversal of the judgment of conviction, we do not deem it necessary to go into the facts of this case.

The right of trial by jury is governed by Article 1, Section 6 of our Constitution, which is as follows:

The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, and no religious or political test shall…