Legal Opinion
Will Wright v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1973No. 72-2249PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
On August 8, 1967, a predominantly white grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, indicted Will Wright, a Negro, for murder. On September 13, 1967, having been convicted by an all-white jury, Wright was sentenced to life imprisonment. 1 On this appeal from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Wright challenges the composition of his grand and petit juries, alleging that the method of juror selection systematically excluded Negroes and poor persons and was based on a numerically inadequate cross-section of the community. We affirm the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Turner v. FoucheSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. LohrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- John C. McGhee v. Clyde King, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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