BRYANT v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 81-5483.

686 F.2d 1373 (1982)

Mattie Lee BRYANT, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Green, Eisenberg & Cohen, James K. Green, West Palm Beach, Fla., for petitioner.

Stewart Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent.

Before FAY, JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1982.

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Mattie Lee Bryant, is a black woman who was indicted by a Palm Beach County, Florida, grand jury for first degree murder in 1978. Prior to trial, she moved to dismiss the indictment claiming race discrimination in the selection of grand jury venires, and race and sex discrimination in the selection of grand jury forepersons, both in violation of the Equal Protection...

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