Bronson v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Mecosta Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley, J:
The plaintiff in error haying been convicted of a felony relies upon two errors fpr a reversal of his conviction:
1. That two jurors were accepted and sworn on the panel whose examination disclosed the fact that they were disqualified by reason of opinions they had formed regarding the case;
2. That the court at a previous term had directed fifty jurors in addition to the regular panel to be summoned for the term at which the trial took place, when by statute it was only lawful to cause twenty-four to be summoned, and that seven of these additional jurors sat on the trial of this case.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hill v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- People v. JonesMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. HartleyNevada Supreme Court · 1895
- State v. MedleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- People v. ScottMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
- People v. YarbroughMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- Greenfield v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878