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ROSS v. RISTAINO

No. 74-1222.

508 F.2d 754 (1974)

James ROSS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Theodore RISTAINO et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. LaCroix, Deputy Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., and John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief Crim. Div., were on brief, for respondents-appellants.

Michael G. West, Springfield, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Kamberg, Berman & Hendel, P. C., Springfield, Mass, was on brief, for petitioner-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE, Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Senior Circuit Judge.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

We are required in this case to decide whether it was a denial of due process, where the defendant was a black man accused of violent crimes against a white security officer, for a state court judge to deny a defense request to interrogate prospective jurors specifically on the issue of racial prejudice.1

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts appeals from a memorandum and order entered by the district court...

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