Supreme Court of the United States, 1972

Ham v. South Carolina

Ham v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 24, 1972
404 U.S. 1057; 92 S. Ct. 744 (United States Reports)

Ham v. South Carolina

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. S. C. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1, presented by the petition, which reads as follows:

“1. Whether the trial judge’s refusal to examine the jurors on voir dire as to whether petitioner’s race or pretrial publicity would affect their ability to render a fair verdict violated petitioner’s right to an impartial jury, guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution?”

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