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WASHINGTON v. STATE

2 Div. 158.

333 So.2d 618 (1976)

Albert C. WASHINGTON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders, Selma, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Gary R. Maxwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Assault and battery; sentence: six months.

The appellant's sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying his motions to quash the venire and the indictment. The basis of the motions was the alleged systematic exclusion of blacks from petit and grand jury service in Marengo County.

Racial discrimination in the jury selection process is a very difficult proposition to prove. Swain v. Alabama,

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