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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1965

State of Louisiana v. Lester Newton

State of Louisiana v. Lester Newton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided April 15, 1965 · Whitaker, Rives, Jones
343 F.2d 161 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

State of Louisiana v. Lester Newton

Opinion

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.

1

. 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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