Legal Opinion

State v. Austin

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 8, 1915No. 12300PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered January 14, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of disposing of intoxicating liquor to Indians.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

In addition to the questions raised and decided in the case of State v. Kenney, ante p.441, 145 Pac. 450, it is complained that the court erred in permitting jurors to serve or to become subject to challenge by the defendant, it appearing that the jurors objected to had served as jurors in the Kenney case.

The court did not abuse its discretion. The jurors qualified themselves. So far as we have been able to discover, no juror was allowed to sit in the case who had not asserted that he would disregard the testimony given in the other case and render a verdict upon the facts as disclosed in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. KenneyWashington Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  2. State v. CyrWashington Supreme Court · 1952
  3. State v. DonaldsonWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  4. State v. McMullenWashington Supreme Court · 1927
  5. State v. BriscoeWashington Supreme Court · 1970

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