Reed v. State

Citations

• 1 Tex. Ct. App. 1

Syllabus

<p>1. Juries—Impeaching Organization.—A plea that the grand jury was an illegal body, in whose selection none of* the requirements of law had been complied with, and, further, that the petit jury impaneled to try the accused was not selected as provided by law, presents matters which, under our practice, are not good in abatement of the indictment, nor in arrest of judgment, nor as a motion to set aside the indictment, nor as a special plea or exception to the indictment.</p> <p>2. Grand Jury—Challenge to the Array.—The only mode by which objections are available against the body of persons summoned to serve as. grand jurors is by challenge to the array, and the proper time is before they have been interrogated as to their qualifications.</p> <p>3. Challenge to a Particular Individual is to be made after the qualifications of the grand jurors have been tested by their own oaths.</p> <p>4. Opportunity to Challenge should be accorded to prisoners awaiting the action of the grand jury as well as to other persons, and a proper practice in this particular is defined and strongly commended for adoption by the-district judges.</p>