Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Zant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 1983No. 82-8651PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Respondent Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, appeals the district court’s grant of the writ of habeas corpus to petitioner Samuel Gibson, III. 547 F.Supp. 1270 (M.D.Ga.1982). Because the district court correctly concluded that petitioner’s grand and trial juries were drawn from a venire which unconstitutionally excluded women and blacks, we affirm.
Gibson, a black male, challenged the composition of the grand and petit jury lists at a pretrial hearing held on May 1, 1975. When Gibson’s pretrial challenge to the jury composition was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Robert Glen Coe, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Luis Manuel Rodriguez-LaraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Henry Willis, III v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Louis M. Parker Ford v. Bill Seabold, Warden, Luther Luckett Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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