Douberly v. State

Citations

• 51 Fla. 41

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW—OBJECTIONS TO THE MANNER OF DRAWING, EMPANELLING AND SUMMONING JURORS COME TOO LATE AFTER VERDICT—ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR HAVING NO FOUNDATION IN RECORD.</p> <p>1. A defendant in a criminal case who accepts, without protest, challenge or objection, jurors tendered for his trial, thereby waives any errors or irregularities in the drawing, selection, summoning and empanelling or such jurors, and will not, after verdict, be heard to question the legality or regularity of such jury by a motion in arrest of judgment or for a'new trial.</p> <p>2. Assignments of error predicated upon alleged facts and rulings that are not disclosed by the record cannot be considered by an appellate court.</p> <p>3. A ground of a motion for new trial couched in the following language: “For other good and sufficient reasons apparent by the record,” presents nothing for consideration by any court.</p>