Legal Opinion
Ford v. Hollowell
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided December 5, 1974No. WC 73-41-KPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
At the September 1968 term of the Calhoun County, Mississippi, Circuit Court, R. B. (Bud) Ford was tried for the murder of his wife, Virgie Ford, convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of 20 years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Prior to trial, Ford moved to quash the indictment against him, alleging that members of his race, i. e. Negro, had been systematically excluded from the grand jury which indicted him. This motion was denied by the trial court. Upon his conviction, Ford prosecuted an appeal to the…
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