Legal Opinion
Dan Witcher v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1967No. 11158_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
Claiming intentional and systematic discrimination against members of his race in the selection of grand and petit juries including the juries which indicted and tried him, Dan Witcher, a Negro prisoner, seeks habeas corpus relief. He is presently imprisoned pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, having been convicted on an indictment charging attempted rape and sentenced to a term of 35 years plus one day. 1
After unsuccessfully applying for state habeas corpus, the prisoner filed his petition, which describes the jury selection…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Patterson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
- United States v. ButeraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- State v. BrinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- Richard Vines v. R. M. Muncy, Superintendent, James River Correctional Center, and the Attorney General of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Abner Junior Stephens v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent, Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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