Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Jackson v. Brady
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 17, 1942No. 1758PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus case the three petitioners are Negroes who were indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to be executed for first degree murder by the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Their appeal to this court to be released from their imprisonment is based on the alleged constitutional ground that in the selection of the Grand Jury which indicted them, and the Petit Jury which tried them there was racial discrimination against Negroes contrary to the provisions of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
The writ was issued on October 1, 1942,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Giles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Glickman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- United States Ex Rel. Jackson v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
- Sandy Lee McNeil v. State of North Carolina and Major William C. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Lenoir v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
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