Legal Opinion
Billy Guice and Howard Claxton, Sr. v. Ray Fortenberry, Superintendent, East Carroll Parish Prison Farm,respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1981No. 80-3350PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Two black persons convicted of a crime in state court contend that they are entitled to a new trial because, as the result of a practice in effect for many years, blacks were systematically excluded from service as grand jury foremen both on the grand jury that indicted them and on prior grand juries. Appealing the district judge’s denial of their petition for habeas corpus, which was based on his review only of the state court record, they seek an evidentiary hear*498ing in federal court. Finding that the state court proceeding did not afford petitioners a full and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Omar Blanco, Cross-Appellant v. Harry K. Singletary, as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Deloch v. WhitleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Raleigh Porter v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Howard L. Dickerson v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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