Turner v. Smith

Nichols, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which it is alleged that the petitioner prisoner was indicted and convicted by illegally constituted grand and trial juries. The defendant was convicted on two counts of armed robbery in 1959 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of 4 to 20 years. The record discloses that the prisoner is a white man apd his complaint is the exclusion of Negroes from the juries. Held:

Submitted May 12, 1970 Decided June 9, 1970. Walter D. Turner, pro se. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney…