State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Paul Léche, Judge. Junius Jones was convicted of murder,, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Defendant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hanged. He moved to quash, on the grounds:
First. That the venire from which the-grand jury was drawn was fatally defective, in that it contained a minor, whereas the-jury law (Act No. 135, p. 218, of 1898, § 4, as amended and re-enacted by Act No. 58, p. 136, of 1904) requires that the jurors to-compose the said venire shall be selected, and that none but competent jurors shall be-selected.
Second. That after the foreman, who is selected by the judge from among the venire of 20, and after said minor, and 4 others whom the judge excused,…
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