State v. King

OPINION

in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted review to determine whether the trial court committed reversible er ror by conducting trial proceedings in violation of a common law rule that prohibits judicial functions on Sunday. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the defendants’ convictions for second-degree murder and remanded for a new trial, holding that the trial court violated a common law rule prohibiting judicial functions on Sunday and that such proceedings were “absolutely void.” We conclude that conducting judicial proceedings on Sunday does not…