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QUICK v. HARRIS

202 S.E.2d 869 (1974)

Fred William QUICK, Jr. v. William M. HARRIS, Sheriff of Nelson County, and the Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lowe, Charlottesville (F. Guthrie Gordon, III, Lowe & Gordon, Charlottesville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Sam D. Eggleston, Jr., Commonwealth's Atty. for Nelson County, on brief), for defendants in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

This appeal presents for our determination the novel question whether a man accused of a criminal offense has standing to challenge the systematic exclusion of women from the jury process. The matter comes before us in a habeas corpus proceeding.

Fred William Quick, Jr. was convicted on April 14, 1970, of breaking and entering and petit larceny and was sentenced to confinement for one year and...

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