In the Estate of Frances Vogelsang Walzel v. the State of Texas

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• holding that racial discrimination in the selection of grand jurors is structural error that requires automatic reversal
• holding that racial discrimination in the selection of grand jurors is structural error that requires automatic reversal
• holding that racial discrimination in petit jury selection is a structural error not subject to harmless error analysis
• holding that statute which authorized medical commission to judge case in which it was also a party represented due process violation that de novo review did not remedy
• holding that a judge’s systemic exclusion of racial minorities from the grand jury compelled the dismissal of the indictment
• holding that racial discrimination in the selection of grand jurors, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, compelled dismissal of the indictment

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