Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Ricketts
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided June 8, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-14-ALBPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
OWENS, District Judge.
The petitioner, Donald Ray Stewart, seeks habeas corpus relief on the grounds that the grand jury which indicted him and the petit jury which convicted him were discriminatorily composed. Stewart, a black man, was convicted in 1971 of raping a white woman and was sentenced by the Dougherty County Superior Court to ten years imprisonment. During his trial he did not object to the composition of either the grand or petit juries and he did not directly appeal from that conviction as he had a right to do. •
He first challenged his conviction…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Rebecca A. MacHetti A/K/A Rebecca A. Smith v. L. Q. Linahan, Warden, Georgia Women's Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Mitchell v. HopperDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1982
- Young v. ZantDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1980
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