Legal Opinion
The People v. . Petrea
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 1883PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
defendant was indicted at the September term of the Albany county. sessions, 1881, for the crime of grand larceny, committed on August 2, 1881. He was arraigned at the March term, 1882, and on his arraignment filed a special plea, setting forth in substance, that the grand jury which found the indictment was not a legal grand jury, for the reason that it was not drawn from any list of grand jurors selected by the shpervisors of Albany county, but. from a list of petit jurors, pursuant to chapter 532 of the Laws of 1881, which act is alleged in the plea to be unconstitutional, in that it is a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Gardner v. CollectorSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Post v. SupervisorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Berry v. Baltimore & Drum Point RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1875
3Cited by123 opinions
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- The People v. . HooghkerkNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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