Legal Opinion
Richard Bass v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1967No. 24029_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge.
Nominally what is involved here is whether the trial of a Mississippi rape ease should be removed to the Federal District Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443 (l). 1 But underlying this is the serious question of whether the Constitution condemns the Mississippi statutory exclusion of women as a class from service as jurors.
Bass, a Negro, was indicted, tried and convicted in Warren County, Mississippi, for rape and sentenced to death. On February 7, 1966, however, the Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed his conviction on the ground, among others, that Warren County…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- James A. Williams v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Herbert E. Juelich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee v. Carl SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- George Ford v. Frank WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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