Legal Opinion · Dissent

Adame v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 5, 1955No. 27638Published

1DissentWoodley, Judge

The indictment was returned at the April 1954 Term of the district court of Duval County. The grand jury which returned the indictment was empaneled by Judge Broadfoot from a list of grand jurors selected by a jury commission appointed by him at the April Term.

Another grand jury list had been selected for the April Term by a jury commission selected by Judge Laughlin. This was at the preceding term of the court. The order appointing the jury commissioners was, however, set aside by Judge Broadfoot after he began to preside over the court at that term.

I do not understand that my brethren…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tobin v. BroadfootCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954

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