Legal Opinion
Smith v. Caldwell
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 28, 1972No. Civ. A. 2841PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING BAIL PENDING APPEAL
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
Petitioner is a state prisoner who in 1967 was convicted of manslaughter in the Superior Court of Chatham County and was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. He applied to this Court in 1971 for a writ of habeas corpus. The grounds of his petition are that he (a white man) was unlawfully indicted and convicted in that there was a racial imbalance in the jury system in favor of whites and because the Georgia law is discriminatory in relieving lawyers, doctors, dentists, teachers, etc. from jury service. Petitioner also contends that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Canal Co. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Robert W. Baker v. Thomas R. Sard and Donald J. Sheehy. Robert W. Baker v. Thomas R. Sard, Chairman, Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Robert O. Gilmore, Jr. v. The People of the State of California and Warden Lawrence E. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Charles G. Rhodes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- United States Ex Rel. Epton v. NennaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Arnold R. Jago, Superintendent v. United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division at Cleveland, and Harllel B. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. John DadeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
- Smith v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. John DadeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020