Addison v. State

Murder is the offense; the punishment, death.

It is appellant’s contention that he has been denied due process of law because members of the Negro race, of which he is one, were discriminated against because of their race in the selection, organization, and empaneling of the grand jury which returned the indictment upon which this conviction is predicated.

This contention is embraced in two parts: (a) racial discrimination in the selection of the jury commission which selected the grand jury, and (b) racial discrimination in the selection of the grand jury.

There is an absence of any evidence of…