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Clark v. State

Citations

  • 276 S.W.2d 819
  • 161 Tex. Crim. 278
  • 1955 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1386

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  • holding judgment in felony case where there is plea of not guilty based only on a verdict of eleven jurors violates defendant’s constitutional right of trial by jury and is absolutely void
  • holding judgment in felony case where there is plea of not guilty based only on a verdict of eleven jurors violates defendant's constitutional right of trial by jury and is absolutely void
  • “|T|he judgment in this case is void, because the trial was by a juror composed of only eleven jurors who returned the verdict therein.”

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Judges: Davidson

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