FERGUSON v. CALDWELL

29347.

233 Ga. 887 (1975)

213 S.E.2d 855

FERGUSON v. CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Wingfield, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, David L. G. King, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


INGRAM, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus appeal from Tattnall Superior Court presenting two major issues for decision: (1) whether certain evidence used in appellant's 1962 trial and conviction for murder in Douglas Superior Court was obtained as the result of an unlawful search and seizure; and (2), whether appellant was indicted by a grand jury and convicted by a petit jury from which blacks had been systematically excluded. The trial court decided adversely to...

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