Legal Opinion
Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1968No. 25075PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Appellant Peters seeks review of an order denying without an evidentiary hearing his petition for habeas corpus. Appellant raises a massive assault on his state conviction for burglary, asserting (1) use of illegally seized evidence against him at his trial, (2) systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand and traverse (petit) juries by which he was indicted and convicted, (3) exclusion of all non-property owners from the grand and traverse juries, (4) unconstitutional restriction in cross-examination of a witness for the prosecution, and finally, (5)…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by83 opinions
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Patricia Lebouef Murphy, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, Deceased, Etc. v. Houma Well Service, and Eva C. Fontenot, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Venson Eugene Williams v. A. L. Dutton, Warden of the State Prison at Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Groendyke Transport, Inc. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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