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- Title: Leroy Martin v. State Indiana
- Author : Supreme Court of Indiana No. 873S168
- Release Date : January 29, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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On March 21, 1973, Leroy Martin was charged, by indictment, with the first degree murder of Willie Garrett. Martin, claiming self-defense, pled not guilty. Briefly, the story is that the Appellant, Leroy Martin, saw Willie Garrett (an ex-convict who believed Martin had done the snitching which resulted in Garrett's imprisonment) at a funeral home. When Garrett hailed Martin and approached him on the steps of the funeral home, Martin drew a gun and shot Garrett three times. Garrett apparently drew no weapon nor possessed one at the time of the shooting. Appellant's first contention is that the array of the jury was improper. He offers no evidence other than the fact that many of these listed veniremen are in alphabetical order, in a manner which would appear unlikely that they were drawn by lot as set forth in the statute. IC 1971, 33-15-22-1, [Burns Ind. Ann. Stat. § 4-7118 (1956 Repl.).] Nevertheless, Appellant in his brief admits that the only positive evidence on this issue is the testimony of a jury commissioner that the commissioners followed the statutory procedure. Therefore, we can find no ground for reversible error in the respect urged.