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HOLLINS v. OKLAHOMA

No. 686.

295 U.S. 394 (1935)

55 S.Ct. 784

79 L.Ed. 1500

HOLLINS v. OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Houston, with whom Mr. William L. Houston was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with whom Mr. Smith C. Matson, Assistant Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner was convicted in the District Court of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, upon an information charging rape. At the trial, petitioner challenged the jury panel upon the ground that negroes for a long period had been excluded from jury service in that county solely on account of their race or color, and that this discrimination had deprived petitioner of the equal protection of the laws in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Evidence...

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