Adams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Marion. Tried below before the Honorable R. T. Wilkinson. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Marion County of rape, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
In a preliminary motion appellant asserted that he had been in jail continuously since his arrest and that he had not been legally served with a copy of the special venire drawn in his ease. The contention was based on the fact that no precept or writ had been issued by the district clerk, as is provided in Article 671, C. C. P., commanding the sheriff to make such service. It was admitted that the officer had served appellant with.a…
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