Legal Opinion
Rebecca A. MacHetti A/K/A Rebecca A. Smith v. L. Q. Linahan, Warden, Georgia Women's Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1982No. 81-7614PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires a review of the principles of constitutional law governing the fair cross-section requirement of jury composition. We hold that Georgia’s jury selection procedure violated appellant’s sixth and fourteenth amendment right to an impartial jury trial and reverse and remand to the district court, with directions to issue the writ of habeas corpus.
I. BACKGROUND
Appellant, Rebecca Machetti, seeks federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (1977), from two consecutive death sentences. The sentences were imposed by the Superior Court of Bibb…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- John Eldon Smith v. Ralph M. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Wilburn Dobbs, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Gibson v. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Willie X. Ross v. Ralph KempCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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