State v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Tenth District Court, Parish of De Soto. l\ Rail,. J. 1. ’ In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to defend himself and have the assistance of counsel. Art. 8 Const. Where the accused can not employ counsel, the judge should assign one. State ys. Doyle, 36 An. 91; State ys. Yiana, 37 An. 606; State ys.
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A PPEAL from the Tenth District Court, Parish of De Soto. l\ Rail,. J. 1. ’ In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to defend himself and have the assistance of counsel. Art. 8 Const. Where the accused can not employ counsel, the judge should assign one. State ys. Doyle, 36 An. 91; State ys. Yiana, 37 An. 606; State ys. Simpson, 38 An. 28* 2. Courts can require lawyers to actas counsel in cases where the accused are unable to pay, on the ground that they are officers of the court, bound to perform official duties, for they are a necessary part of the administration of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The defendant, convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung, assigns but one complaint of error in the proceedings,. *993which consists in the overruling of his motion to quash the indictment based upon a challenge to the general venire. His objections; to the venire are stated as.follows:
“Neither the clerk of this court nor the jury commissioners have-ever made or kept a list of the names of three hundred good and' competent men from which the venire for each term of the court is-by law required to be drawn, nor has any such list ever been kept…
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