Legal Opinion
Rios v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 29, 1956No. 27844PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, three years in the penitentiary.
The so-called jury wheel system for drawing and selecting petit juries, Arts. 2094 and 2095, R.C.S., as amended, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., is applicable and controlling in each county having two (2) or more district courts holding sessions therein and having a population in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census.
In 1954, by Chapter 54, Acts of the First Called Session of the 53rd Legislature, and appearing as Art. 199, Dist. 25; Vernon’s R.C.S-., Vernon’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Anderson v. WoodTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Clark, Sheriff v. Finley, ComptrollerTexas Supreme Court · 1899
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Ervin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Merkel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Legg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Grant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Heflin v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Knott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1967
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