Rogers v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. • The facts are stated in the opinion. The motion to quash the indictment, calling the attention of the court to the denial of rights claimed under, the Federal-Constitution, should not have been .struck from the files without giving the plaintiff in error an opportunity to. prove the allegations therein contained; and this action of-the trial court and its refusal to permit the introduction of any evidence in support of…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. • The facts are stated in the opinion. The motion to quash the indictment, calling the attention of the court to the denial of rights claimed under, the Federal-Constitution, should not have been .struck from the files without giving the plaintiff in error an opportunity to. prove the allegations therein contained; and this action of-the trial court and its refusal to permit the introduction of any evidence in support of said motion, was error. Carter v. Texas, 177 U. S. 442. The allegation of the denial of rights under the Fifteenth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Alabama, brought on the ground that the plaintiff in error, one Rogers, has been denied the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Rogers was indicted for murder and in due time filed a motion to quash the indictment because the jury commissioners appointed to select the grand jury excluded from the list of persons to serve as grand jurors all colored persons, although, largely in the majority of the population of the county, and although otherwise qualified to serve as grand…
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