Legal Opinion
Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1966No. 22809_1PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*4JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Unlike the other cases1 heard en banc, this one does not challenge the exclusion of Negroes from grand or trial juries. Rather, this case seeking habeas from a Texas conviction for rape complains of purposeful inclusion of Negroes in the grand jury returning the indictment.
Following the exhaustion of state remedies and rejection of this challenge by the Court of Criminal Appeals- of Texas, Brooks v. State of Texas, Tex.Cr.App., 1960, 342 S.W.2d 439, on rehearing, 1961, 342 S.W.2d 442, the Federal District Court after a full evidentiary hearing denied habeas by…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by161 opinions
- Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jake ROWE Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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