Legal Opinion
John Newman v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1976No. 73-3393PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
In 1964, Newman was convicted of aggravated rape in the Criminal District Court in the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana. He did not appeal. He unsuccessfully applied for a writ of habeas corpus in Louisiana courts, charging racial discrimination in the selection of the grand jury which had indicted him. His petition was rejected on the ground that the grand jury system prevailing at the time of his indictment had not been discriminatory. His application to the Supreme Court of Louisiana was denied. Newman then sought federal habeas relief. The district court granted Newman’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lefkowitz v. NewsomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- 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 by22 opinions
- Bromley v. CrispCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- United States of America Ex Rel. Bruce Barksdale v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Ratcliff v. EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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