GIBSON v. ZANT

No. 82-8651.

705 F.2d 1543 (1983)

Samuel GIBSON, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter D. ZANT, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia H. Jeffries, Staff Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph M. Nursey, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and COLEMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Respondent Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, appeals the district court's grant of the writ of habeas corpus to petitioner Samuel Gibson, III. 547 F.Supp. 1270 (M.D.Ga.1982). Because the district court correctly concluded that petitioner's grand and trial juries were drawn from a venire which unconstitutionally excluded women...

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