King v. United States

This case involves the same question as Wright v. United States, 8 Cir., 165 F.2d 405.

Appellant, by motion to vacate judgment, sought to have his sentence and conviction set aside, on the ground that there had been an intentional and systematic exclusion of women (who are eligible for jury service in Arkansas) from the grand jury by which he was indicted and from the petit jury by which he was tried. The trial court denied the motion.

No objection had previously been made to either the grand jury or the petit jury in the trial court or on the appeal taken to this court from the conviction,…