Legal Opinion

Rios v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 30, 1955No. 27,844PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, three years in the penitentiary.

The so-called jury wheel system for drawing and selecting petit juries (Arts. 2094 and 2095, R. C. S., as amended) is applicable and controlling in each county having two (2) or more district courts holding sessions therein and having a population *611in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census.

In 1954, by Chap. 54, Acts of the First Called Session of the 53rd Legislature, and appearing as Art. 199, Dist. 25, Vernon’s R. C. S., the legislature created the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anderson v. WoodTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Clark, Sheriff v. Finley, ComptrollerTexas Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Ervin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  5. Merkel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Legg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Knott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1967
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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