WATTS v. STATE

No. 48646.

317 So.2d 715 (1975)

Tony WATTS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale & Upton, Columbia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, INZER and SUGG, JJ.


PATTERSON, Justice.

Tony Watts was convicted of armed robbery by the Circuit Court of Marion County. He was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary and now appeals.

The assignments of error for reversal are: The trial court erred (1) in overruling the defendant's motion to quash the jury panel because Negroes had been deliberately and systematically excluded from jury duty by peremptory challenges of...

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