Legal Opinion

Binns v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 13, 1961No. 4999PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for having willfully damaged a building with dynamite in violation of Section 41-4237, Ark. Stats. (1947).

The appellant asserted seven alleged errors in bis motion for a new trial. In bis brief in this Court be argues only one of these matters which is the alleged error of the Court in refusing to set aside the jury panel and to appoint new jury commissioners to select a new jury. Appellant, a Negro, contends that the panel should have been set aside and new commissioners appointed because Negroes have been systematically…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ashcraft v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
  3. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
  4. Spurgeon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  5. Barnes & York v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. AgnelloCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2003
  2. Kasinger v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  3. State v. AgnelloCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2003
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968

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