Mosley v. Hopper

Hall, Justice.

The central question presented on this habeas corpus appeal is whether Peters v. Kiff, 407 U. S. 493 (1972), in which the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that "whatever his race, a criminal defendant has standing to challenge the system used to select his grand or petit jury, on the ground that it arbitrarily excluded from service the members of any race, and thereby denies him due process of law,” 407 U. S. at 504, is retroactively applicable to allow Mosley, who asserts here that he is a white male of over 21 years, and "not a civil rights worker,” to challenge the…