Legal Opinion
United States v. Coen
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 12, 1947No. 11482PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
Defendant, charged with perjury in an indictment of one count, has moved to dismiss the same on two grounds, (1) that no women were summoned or served on the grand jury, and (2) the charge is duplicitous, in that it embraces three separate of-fences of perjury.
The qualifications of grand and petit jurors in this court are those provided by the state of Louisiana. The Constitution of Louisiana with respect to women serving as such in Section 41, Art. VII provides : “The Legislature shall provide for the election and drawing of competent and intelligent jurors for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Woodward v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1926
- State v. JoinerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
3Cited by3 opinions
- James Arena v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Joseph Linwood Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948