State v. Connor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; William C. Baker, Judge. Jack Connor was convicted of larceny, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Jack Connor and I-Iarry Johnson were jointly charged with larceny. Johnson moved for a severance, which was granted. Connor was tried and convicted, and he has appealed.
Connor moved to quash the jury venire on the ground that the Act numbered 135, 189S, p. 216, is unconstitutional, being in conflict with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States; in that it delegates to the jury commissioners discriminatory power in selecting jurors; that the jurors were selected from the pollbooks of the parish of St. Mary, which books contained the names of less than…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- State v. SinigalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
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