Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 24, 1927No. 6 Div. 150PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.

The defendant made a motion to “quash the indictment herein and the venire,” because the sheriff served a summons on Eugene B. Hanby, who qualified as a jurór, and the list of jurors served on defendant from which to select a jury contained the name of Eugene B. Handley. It was shown that these were one and the same. There is no merit in the motion for several reasons: (1) The motion is to quash both the indictment and the venire from which the jury to try the case was to be selected. Certainly a defect in tbis venire could not affect the indictment. (2) It was shown that Eugene B. Hanby and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cobb v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
  2. Davis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  3. Watson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Frost v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. Sandlin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  3. Freeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. MeeksAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  5. Irwin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929

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