Greenwood v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Greenwood v. State, 34 Tex. 334 (Tex. 1871)
Walker
Greenwood v. State
Opinion of the Court
A grand juror of the panel who found a bill is not a competent person to. try the case.
When an appeal is taken from the judgment of the district eourt, the sentence should await the mandate of thé Supreme Court-
A new trial should have been granted, when it was made' to appear that one of the grand jurors who found the bill had sat tipom the traverse jury who tried the defendant.
The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the cause remanded.
Reversed, and remanded..
Reference
- Full Case Name
- P. H. Greenwood v. State
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- 1 case
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- 1. A person who was a member of the grand jury by which an indictment was found is not a competent juror to try the case. 2. When an appeal in a criminal case is taken by a defendant, from the judgment of the district court, the sentence should await the mandate of the Supreme Court...