Legal Opinion
Drewey Aaron, Jr. v. Walter Capps, Warden, Draper Prison, Elmore, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1975No. 74-2526PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Drewey Aaron, a black man, was convicted in 1960 in an Alabama state court for the forcible rape of a white woman. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus herein alleges that he was charged and convicted by grand and petit juries which were unconstitutionally selected, and that he was denied a public trial. District Judge Frank Johnson denied Aaron’s application, finding that the failure to assert these issues in the state trial proceedings was a deliberate bypass of state remedies which precluded raising such issues by way of collateral attack. We affirm the denial…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by48 opinions
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