HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. 25816.

251 S.W.2d 531 (1952)

HERNANDEZ v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos C. Cadena, Gus C. Garcia, San Antonio, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Murder is the offense, with punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Appellant is a Mexican, or Latin American. He claims that he was discriminated against upon the trial of this case because members of the Mexican nationality were deliberately, systematically, and wilfully excluded from the grand jury that found and returned the indictment in this case and from the petit jury panel from which was selected the petit...

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