Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1955No. 39738PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

At the May 1954 term of the Circuit Court of Jackson County appellant was indicted for murder. His case was continued at the May term and came on for trial during the second week of the November 1954 term at which time appellant filed a motion to quash the jury panel for the reason that the names of the jurors in the compartment of the jury box representing the fifth supervisor’s district, had been exhausted. The motion was overruled and a jury was selected from the first, second, third, and fourth supervisors’ districts. No special venire was requested and the jury which tried this case was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Weathersby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Lott v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Kouvarakis v. HawverMississippi Supreme Court · 1950

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Flora v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Armstrong v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Henry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Rhone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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