Williams v. State

Clarence Earl Williams, appellant, was convicted of larceny by the Circuit Court for Frederick County, Judge Samuel W. Barrick presiding with a jury.

I Jury Composed of 11 Members

The record shows the trial had been postponed twice: once because appellant did not have counsel and a second time because appellant was two hours late. After the panel of veniremen was exhausted, there remained only eleven jurors who had been accepted for the trial panel. The following verbal interchange transpired:

“The Court: It looks like we are going to have to summon talismen, unless you agree to go with 11.

Mr.…