· 7/26/2023
In Re Juan Jose Santiago Villalobos v. the State of Texas
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- vacating conviction where, despite facially neutral state statute, Black people were uniformly excluded from jury service in the state
- explaining that precursor to section 1981 was “constitutional (continued…
- “Beyond question the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment had the effect, in law, to remove from the State Constitution, or render inoperative, that provision which restricts the right of suffrage to the white race.”
- selection of jurors from list of \sober and judicious\ citizens
- No Negroes for jury service
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