Legal Opinion
Goode v. Cook
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 26, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 4404PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*247OPINION OF THE COURT
DAN M. RUSSELL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a Negro male presently in the custody of the respondent at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parehman, Mississippi, filed his petition in forma pauperis, for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, alleging that his conviction for rape and sentence for life should be set aside on the grounds, among others, that Negroes were systematically excluded from the grand jury which indicted him and the petit jury which convicted him. The matter is before the Court on petitioner’s motion for summary judgment based on the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jones v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Spencer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
- Kirksey v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1975
- Henry J. Kirksey, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977