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Clarke v. Grimes

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 22, 1967No. 24146PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Justice.

Johnny Lee Clarke filed the present petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Fulton County after his conviction for murder was affirmed by this court (Clarke v. State, 221 Ga. 206 (144 SE2d 90)), and after a petition for writ of habeas corpus had been dismissed in Federal District Court and such judgment affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Clarke v. Grimes, 374 F2d 550), because the prisoner had not exhausted his state remedies.

The petition seeks to have the conviction set aside because prospective jurors were asked on voir…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  5. Massey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. Moore v. DuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967

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