Legal Opinion
Joseph Clemmie Moultrie v. Joseph R. Martin, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1982No. 81-6493PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner has appealed the denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that his incarceration by South Carolina authorities is illegal. He asserts that he was denied equal protection under the fourteenth amendment because blacks allegedly were underrepresented on the grand jury which indicted him. Moultrie’s claim is based wholly on statistics. He claims that he proved by way of statistics a prima facie case of discrimination which was not rebutted. We are of opinion that he did not establish a prima facie case, and affirm. We…
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