Legal Opinion
William L. Maxwell v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent, Arkansas State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1968No. 18746PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
William L. Maxwell, a Negro and an Arkansas prisoner under sentence of execution on his 1962 conviction for the state crime of rape, as defined by Ark. Stat.Ann. § 41-3401 (Repl. 1964), 1 petitions a second time for a federal writ of habeas corpus and, with its denial, a second time appeals. The points now urged to us are (1) that a prima facie case of racially discriminatory imposition of the death penalty for rape in Arkansas has now been established and remains unrebutted by the State; (2) that Arkansas’ single verdict procedure is without appropriate standards,…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- William Ralph v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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