People v. Earnest
People v. Earnest
Opinion of the Court
The statute (Hitt,, Secs. 3918, 3919) requires that a copy of the order of the. Court for the summoning of a Grand Jury should be delivered to the Sheriff and that it shall be the duty of that officer to summon the Grand Jury “ upon the receipt of the order,” etc. In this case the only order delivered to the Sheriff was an order to summon twenty-four
Judgment reversed and cause remanded, with directions to set aside the indictment and-for such further proceedings as may be proper.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- THE PEOPLE v. W. B. EARNEST
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- 1 case
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- Published
- Syllabus
- Grand Jury Must be Summoned as Such.—An indictment found by a jury which was summoned as a trial jury and impaneled as a Grand Jury is illegal.