HILLIARD v. STATE OF ARIZONA

No. 20602.

362 F.2d 908 (1966)

Felton M. HILLIARD, Appellant, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Cantor, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen. of Ariz., James S. Tegart, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ariz., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


THOMPSON, District Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of Felton M. Hilliard's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Appellant was convicted of rape and burglary by a jury in an Arizona trial court in 1959. When the case came on for trial, one of the prospective jurors stated, on voir dire: "Your Honor, I don't know if I am acquainted with him [the defendant] or not, but he is the one that attacked...

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