ADDISON v. STATE

No. 26748.

271 S.W.2d 947 (1954)

Morris ADDISON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Doyle, Francis L. Williams, Houston, Kenneth Lamkin, Austin, for appellant.

Bob Long, Dist. Atty., Sam Kimberlin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, death.

It is appellant's contention that he has been denied due process of law because members of the Negro race, of which he is one, were discriminated against because of their race in the selection, organization, and impaneling of the grand jury which returned the indictment upon which this conviction is predicated.

This contention is embraced in two parts: (a) racial discrimination in...

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