Felton M. Hilliard v. State of Arizona

THOMPSON, District Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of Felton M. Hil-liard’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Appellant was convicted of rape and burglary by a jury in an Arizona trial court in 1959. When the case came on for trial, one of the prospective jurors stated, on voir dire: “Your Honor, I don’t know if I am acquainted with him [the defendant] or not, but he is the one that attacked my daughter several years ago, so * * The trial judge promptly declared a mistrial, dismissed the jury panel, and, on the…