Legal Opinion
Ralph v. Brough
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 15, 1965No. Civ. 13693PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
In his present petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as modified at the hearing thereon, petitioner, a State prisoner under sentence of death, contends that he was deprived of his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in three respects : 1
I. because, pursuant to Article 36 of the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of Maryland, persons who did not believe in the existence of God were ex- eluded from the grand jury which indicted him; 2
II. because the panel of judges who tried him had been required by Article 37 of the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Torcaso v. WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
- William Ralph v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Hartley v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Powell v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Baker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- DeToro v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967
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