Davis v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 12 years.

In view of our disposition of the case, a recitation of the facts is not deemed *243necessary. Appellant filed a motion to quash the indictment against him returned by the July term of the grand jury in 1962, on the grounds that persons of African descent (of which he is a member) were systematically excluded from the grand jury which returned the instant indictment against him and from service on the petit juries in Kaufman County, and relied upon the recent history of Kaufman County in support of his contention.

At the hearing on…