Legal Opinion

Duncan v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 12, 1913PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mathews. Houston superior court. June 20, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

1. Where a juror on his voir dire had so answered the statutory questions as prima facie to qualify himself,-the court did not err in refusing to allow counsel for the defendant to propound other questions “to test his impartiality;” nor was it error for the judge to refuse himself to propound other questions to the juror for that purpose. Dumas v. State, 63 Ga. 601; Simmons v. State, 73 Ga. 609 (54 Am. R. 885); Lindsay v. State, 138 Ga. 818 (76 S. E. 369).

2. After putting the juror just referred to upon the court as a trior, the defendant submitted testimony for the pur-pose of showing that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Inman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  2. Lindsay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Herndon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  2. Cummings v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  3. Weaver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  4. Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
  5. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944

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