Legal Opinion
Allen v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 7, 1964No. 40728PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Judge.
1. The facts stated in the motion to quash the indictment and challenge to the array of traverse jurors show systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service because of race. Norris v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 587 (55 SC 579, 79 LE 1074); Pierre v. Louisiana, 306 U.S. 354 (59 SC 536, 83 LE 757); Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400 (62 SC 1159, 86 LE 1559); Patton, v. Mississippi, 332 U.S. 463 (68 SC 184, 92 LE 76, 1 ALR2d 1286); Crumb v. State, 205 Ga. 547 (54 SE2d 639). Since 1879 such systematic exclusion has been recognized to be a denial of equal protection of the laws to a Negro defendant…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Schowgurow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- People v. SirhanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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