Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938)

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Hale v. Kentucky


No. 680


Argued March 29, 1938
Decided April 11, 1938
303 U.S. 613

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY

Syllabus

Proofs held sufficient to show a systematic and arbitrary exclusion of Negroes from jury lists because of their race or color constituting a denial of the equal protection of the laws, and entitling the petitioner, a Negro convicted of murder, to a new trial. P. 616.

69 Ky. 743, 108 S.W.2d 716, reversed.

Certiorari, post, p. 629, to review a judgment affirming a sentence for murder.