Legal Opinion
Hairston v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 13, 1973No. Civ. A. 69-C-55-D, 70-C-6-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TURK, District Judge.
Petitioner, King Hairston, was tried and convicted of first degree murder in April of 1942 in the Circuit Court of Henry County, Virginia. He did not appeal. In 1967, petitioner filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Henry County in which he alleged the systematic exclusion of Blacks from the grand and petit juries which indicted and tried him. A hearing was held in September of 1968 resulting in a dismissal of his writ, and his appeal from this dismissal was denied by the Virginia Supreme Court.
In 1969, petitioner filed for a writ of habeas…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Eric Morris and Riley Sanders, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. L. B. Sullivan, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Partida v. CastanedaDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1974
- King Hairston v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974