Legal Opinion
Avery v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 14, 1953No. 648PublishedCited by 522 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
Petitioner was tried for rape in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. He was convicted and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed after overruling petitioner’s contention that the jury which convicted him had been selected by a means repugnant to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.1 We granted certiorari to review this claim. 345 U. S. 903.
The indictment, upon which petitioner was tried, was returned by a grand jury in Walker County, Georgia. A change of venue was granted and the cause removed to Fulton County. By proper pleadings petitioner, a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by522 opinions
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- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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