State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; George Wear, Sr., Judge. George Jackson was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The accused was tried for murder, found guilty of manslaughter, and condemned to a term of 20 years in the penitentiary.
[1, 2] The first ground of complaint of the accused on appeal in a motion to quash is directed against the authority of the jury commission. The contention is that the jury commission was appointed by the district judge without authority; that the appointment is an executive function and not judicial; that no functions can be attached to the courts except such as are judicial.
If it be conceded that the function of appointing the jury commission is executive it would be an…
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