Legal Opinion
State v. Goree
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 12, 1963No. 46531PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
The defendant, Harold Lee Howard, was charged with aggravated battery upon Joe Hinton.
At the first trial, Howard and his co-defendants, Willie Lee Goree, Theodis Goree and Roy James Goree, all negroes, were convicted. The defendants appealed. Having found a systematic exclusion of negroes from the jury bodies, this Court reversed their convictions and remanded the case for a new trial. See State v. Goree, 242 La. 886, 139 So.2d 531.
Upon remand and the overruling of a motion to quash the petit jury venire, the Gorees entered pleas of guilty.
After trial, the jury found the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Eubanks v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. CliftonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
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- State v. BennettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- State v. CliftonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
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