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Akins Vs. Texas

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 04, 1945

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  2. Pierre Vs. Louisiana US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1939
  3. Norris Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Apr 01, 1935
  4. Lisenba Vs. California US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1941
  5. United Gas Public Service Co. Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Feb 14, 1938
  6. Lane Vs. Wilson US Supreme Court · May 22, 1939
  7. Virginia Vs. Rives US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1880
  8. U.S. 398 (1945) U.S. Supreme Court Akins v. Texas
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  9. U.S. 398 (1945) Akins v. Texas
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  10. Smith v. Texas
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  11. Hill v. Texas
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  12. U. S. 400 . The burden is, of course, upon the defendant to establish the discrimination. Tarrance v. Florida
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  13. Martin v. Texas
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  14. Akins v. State
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  15. S.W.2d 723, 724. This reference to the holdings of the state and federal courts was to Akens v. State
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  16. Tex.Cr.R. 289, 167 S.W.2d 758, which reversed a previous conviction of petitioner on the authority of Hill v. Texas
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  17. racial representation on juries, recent decisions of that court had previously disapproved that procedure. Hamilton v. State
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  18. Hill v. State
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  19. for ourselves whether a federal constitutional right has been denied, expressly or in substance and effect, Norris v. Alabama
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  20. U. S. 130 , we accord in that examination great respect to the conclusions of the state judiciary, Pierre v. Louisiana
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  21. U. S. 219 , 314 U. S. 238 , or equal protection. Cf. Ashcraft v. Tennessee
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  22. Malinski v. New
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  23. leaves a wide range of choice to the commissioners. Its validity, however, has been accepted by this Court. Smith v. Texas
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  24. Fairness in selection has never been held to require proportional representation of races upon a jury. Virginia v. Rives
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  25. Thomas v. Texas
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  26. continual exclusion indicated discrimination, and not on the theory that racial groups must be recognized. Norris v. Alabama
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  27. race or by unequal application of the law to such an extent as to show intentional discrimination. Cf. Snowden v. Hughes
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  28. constitutional requirements as to the selection of grand juries, according to the interpretation of this Court in Hill v. Texas
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  29. Page 325 U. S. 405 Hill v. Texas
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  30. petitioner and one had appeared upon the other grand jury list which had been selected after the decision in Hill v. Texas
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  31. the vacancy was filled by appointment or election. The court upheld the constitutionality of the statute. Pierson v. State
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  32. Fuller v. State
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  33. Jones v. State
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  34. Brown v. State
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  35. upon the federal courts as to the meaning of the state law, so far as any federal question is concerned. Hebert v. Louisiana
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  36. Gregg Dyeing Co. v. Query
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  37. mandate in selecting the grand jury which indicted the Negro petitioner. Until this Court's decision in 1942 in Hill v. Texas
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  38. Thus, it cannot be said that Texas has systematically and completely excluded Negroes from the grand jury. Cf. Norris v. Alabama
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  39. U.S. Supreme Court Akins v. Texas
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  40. Tarrance v. Florida
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  41. Akens v. State
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  42. of Hill v. Texas
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  43. Hamilton v. State
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  44. Cf. Ashcraft v. Tennessee
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  45. Court. Smith v. Texas
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  46. Cf. Snowden v. Hughes
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  47. Pierson v. State
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  48. Hebert v. Louisiana
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  49. Cf. Norris v. Alabama
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