VINES v. MUNCY

No. 76-2026.

553 F.2d 342 (1977)

Richard VINES, Appellant, v. R. M. MUNCY, Superintendent, James River Correctional Center, and The Attorney General of Virginia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest W. Goldston and Steven A. Grossman, Third Year Law Students (George K. Walker and Beirne M. Harding, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Jerry P. Slonaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and HALL, Circuit Judge.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

By this appeal, the appellant challenges the validity of certain procedures relating to criminal jury trials in Virginia. The procedure challenged follows the mandate of the Constitution and the statutes of that State. The Virginia Constitution, in common with the Constitution of all States generally, guarantees every person accused of crime in its courts a right to a jury trial.1 In such a jury trial, Virginia...

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