State of Louisiana, Appellant, v. Lester Newton, Appellee, 343 F.2d 161 (5th Cir. 1965)
Annotate this CaseTeddy W. Airhart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., F. Jean Pharis, Dist. Atty., Alexandria, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, for appellant.
Comille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, La., for appellee.
Before WHITAKER,* Senior Judge, and RIVES and JONES, Circuit judges.
PER CURIAM:
The district judge, upon a full and able opinion,1 found that Negroes were systematically excluded from the Grand Jury which indicted Newton, and declared his conviction unconstitutional, void and of no effect. We are in full agreement with the opinion and decision of the district court and its judgment is therefore
Affirmed.
Of the United States Court of Claims, sitting by designation
Reported in 224 F. Supp. 330. See also the following later decisions: Coleman v. State of Alabama, 1964, 377 U.S. 129, 84 S. Ct. 1152, 12 L. Ed. 2d 190; Whitus v. Balkcom, 5 Cir. 1964, 333 F.2d 496; Cobb v. Balkcom, 5 Cir. 1964, 339 F.2d 95
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