Supreme Court· 12/8/1947

Patton v. Mississippi

Citations

332 U.S. 463
68 S. Ct. 184
92 L. Ed. 2d 76
1947 U.S. LEXIS 1545
92 L. Ed. 76
1 A.L.R. 2d 1286

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exclusion of Negroes from grand and petit juries because of their race denies Negro defendants their equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
“fO]ur holding does not mean that a guilty defendant must go free. For indictments can be returned and convictions can be obtained by juries selected as the Constitution commands.”
\[O]ur holding does not mean that a guilty defendant must go free. For indictments can be returned and convictions can be obtained by juries selected as the Constitution commands.\

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Judges: Black

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