Legal Opinion

Edward N. Jackson v. E. B. Caldwell, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 3, 1972No. 71-2731Published

1Per curiam

In his petition for the writ of habeas corpus filed below, appellant, a Georgia state prisoner, alleged that Negroes were systematically excluded from his grand and petit juries. The district court denied the petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. We affirm.

This is the second time appellant has brought this issue before this Court. In Jackson v. Smith, 5th Cir. 1970, 435 F.2d 1284, this Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the issue for failure to exhaust state remedies. In the interim appellant has not presented the issue to any state court, but he contends that it would…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. James Henry Davis v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Julian R. Fitzgerald v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. Lynwood O'neal, Jr. v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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