Hayes v. Missouri

Citations

120 U.S. 68
7 S. Ct. 350
30 L. Ed. 578
1887 U.S. LEXIS 1942

Syllabus

<p>A statute of a state which provides that in capital cases, in cities having a population of over 100,000 inhabitants, the state shall be allowed fifteen peremptory challenges to jurors, while elsewhere in the state it is allowed in such cases only eight peremptory challenges, does not deny the equal protection of the laws to a person accused and tried for murder in a city containing over 100,000 inhabitants; and there was no error in refusing to limit the state’s peremptory challenges to eight.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

referring to “an unfortunate dispo- sition on the part of business men to escape from jury duty”
referring to \an unfortunate disposition on the part of business men to escape from jury duty\
explaining impartiality requires that “scales are to be evenly held” between criminal defendant and State
‘‘The accused cannot complain if he is still tried by an impartial jury. He can demand nothing more.’’
\The accused cannot complain if he is still tried by an impartial jury. He can demand nothing more.\
systems of criminal procedure in cities or rural districts may be different without violating fourteenth amendment

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