Langford v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pope Circuit Court; /. H. Basham, Judge; The juror Hanks, being a justice of the peace, was not suoject to jury duty; the court therefore erred in overruling appellant’s challenge of him for cause, and in requiring appellant to exhaust one of his peremptory challenges on him. Kirby’s Dig. § 4537; 69 Ark. 449; Id. 323. Appellee confesses error as to retention of the juror Planks and requiring appellant to exhaust a peremptory challenge upon him.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Ed Langford was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and appeals to this court.
One of the assignments of error relates to the ruling of the court in overruling appellant’s challenge of juror Hanks who was a justice of the peace at the time he was impaneled. The Attorney General confesses error on this assignment.
When the fact was disclosed, on the examination of this juror, that he was a justice of the peace, appellant challenged him for cause, and the court overruled the challenge. Appellant then peremptorily challenged the juror, and thereafter, in impaneling the jury, exhausted all of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Terrell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
3Cited by3 opinions
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Hankins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Holman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914