Samuel E. Muniz v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

*698GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

We deal here with a constitutional right of no meager or paltry dimension. Basic to our decision in this case is the hallowed concept that the right to a grand jury chosen without discrimination is not a mere constitutional frill or furbelow.

This appeal is prosecuted by Samuel E. Muniz from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Muniz is a United States citizen of Mexican extraction who is presently incarcerated in a Texas prison pursuant to a conviction in a Texas state court. A…