Legal Opinion

McCoy v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 13, 1936No. 7 Div. 367PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

The first matter argued by counsel in brief is that the court erred in overruling the motion to quash the indictment. The motion was based on facts which may be stated thus, in substance: The judge began drawing slips of juror’s names before qualifying them; he thus drew five- and then put those slips back in the hat and qualified all the jurors present, and began all over and drew eighteen, which included only two of the five which he first drew. Every other feature appeared regular. The motion to quash is not the proper method of raising the question. Section 8630, Code;…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  3. Doss v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  4. Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
  5. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  2. Travis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  3. Twilley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. House v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  5. Huddleston v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953

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