BOYKINS v. MAGGIO

No. 83-3021 Summary Calendar.

715 F.2d 995 (1983)

Hanson Joseph BOYKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Capitelli, Asst. Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

James L. Alcock, Asst. Dist. Atty., 32nd Jud. Dist., Houma, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, convicted of aggravated rape, complains to us of the denial of his claim for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His sole point is that due process and equal protection were denied him because members of his race were systematically excluded from the Terrebonne Parish grand juries during the time period in which he was indicted. The only relevant evidence is a stipulation.

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