Legal Opinion
Smith v. Brough
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 14, 1965No. Civ. 16435PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
The petitioner in this habeas corpus proceeding, a Maryland State prisoner, contends that he has been deprived of his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States because, pursuant to Article 36 of the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of Maryland, 1 persons who did not believe in the existence of God were excluded from the grand jury which indicted him and from the petit jury which found him guilty. His contention is based upon Schowgurow v. State, 240 Md. 121, 213 A.2d 475, decided October 11, 1965, and State v. Madison, Md.,…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Rutledge v. City of MiamiDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1967
- Raymond R. Stone v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Etc., Eugene P. Huffman v. James F. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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