UNITED STATES v. GORE

Nos. 14184, 14249.

435 F.2d 1110 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Conester GORE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Haywood LILES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Arban, Jr., Alexandria, Va. (court-appointed counsel), for Conester Gore.

L. Farnum Johnson, Jr., Falls Church, Va. (court-appointed counsel), for Haywood Liles.

David H. Hopkins, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of Virginia, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

In Aldridge v. United States, 283 U.S. 308, 51 S.Ct. 470, 75 L.Ed. 1054 (1931), the Supreme Court held that it was reversible error for the trial judge to refuse to ask on voir dire whether racial prejudice would prevent any juror from giving a fair and impartial verdict because the defendant was a Negro charged with the murder of a white policeman. The principal question of substance in this case is whether...

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