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Bailey v. Henslee, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary, 1960 — 361 U.S. 945 · caselaw · US
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Bailey v. Henslee, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary
361 U.S. 945·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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No. 167,
Misc.
Bailey v. Henslee, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary.
Petitioner pro' se. Bruce Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, and Thorp Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied without prejudice to a further application for writ of habeas corpus in the appropriate "United States District Court, on the question whether members of petitioner’s. race were deliberately and intentionally limited and excluded in the selection of petit jury panels, in violation of the Federal Constitution.