Legal Opinion
Joe Grady Murrah v. State of Arkansas, and A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1976No. 75-1190PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Two issues are presented in this appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus to an Arkansas state prisoner: (1) whether the district court erred in failing to require disclosure of an informant’s identity under the principles of Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53, 77 S.Ct. 623, 1 L.Ed.2d 639 (1957); 1 and (2) whether the procedures employed by the State of Arkansas in selecting a petit jury were violative of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2
We need only address the second issue since the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by18 opinions
- James Barber v. James PonteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- United States v. David Collins CliffordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- John Dale Henson v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Hursey Davis v. Warden, Joliet Correctional Institution at Stateville Michael Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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