JONES v. HENDERSON

No. 73-3274 Summary Calendar.

494 F.2d 47 (1974)

Donald JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Jones, pro se.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Spec. Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

After exhausting state remedies Jones sought federal habeas corpus on the ground that the Louisiana grand and petit juries that indicted, tried, and convicted him were unconstitutionally constituted. Adopting the magistrate's recommendation in which Davis v. United States, 411 U.S. 233, 93 S.Ct. 1577, 36 L.Ed.2d 216 (1973), was cited, the District Court refused to grant the writ, because petitioner had raised the jury makeup...

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