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NORRIS v. ALABAMA

No. 534.

294 U.S. 587 (1935)

NORRIS v. ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel S. Leibowitz for petitioner.

Mr. Thomas E. Knight, Jr., Attorney General of Alabama, with whom Mr. Thomas Seay Lawson, Assistant Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, Clarence Norris, is one of nine negro boys who were indicted in March, 1931, in Jackson County, Alabama, for the crime of rape. On being brought to trial in that county, eight were convicted. The Supreme Court of Alabama reversed the conviction of one of these and affirmed that of seven, including Norris. This Court reversed the judgments of conviction...

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