Nicholson v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Baca County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
The defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and duly sentenced. He asks for a reversal of the judgment because:
1. “The court erred in refusing to permit the defendant to exercise his tenth peremptory challenge *54on a juror not satisfactory to the defendant before the jury were sworn to try the cause, to which the defendant then and there excepted.”
2. £iThe court erred in compelling the defendant to exercise peremptory challenges to the jury regardless of the number exercised by the prosecution.”
From the bill of exceptions it appears that upon the trial twelve men were sworn on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Commonwealth v. PiperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- State v. HaysSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- Turpin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Roe v. JeromeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- State v. LizotteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
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