Dearman v. State

HABPEE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at ninety-nine years confinement in the penitentiary.

Shortly after the homicide Hon. Thomas L. Blanton, judge of the District Court, by order duly entered, convened a special term of the court to meet on April 27th. On that day a jury commission was duly sworn and empaneled and instructed to select a grand jury and draw petit jurors. The jury commissioners performed their duties, and the court ordered the sheriff to summon the grand jurors to appear on Monday, May 1, when the court recessed until that day. On May 1…