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DUKES v. WAITKEVITCH

Civ. A. No. 74-4376-T.

393 F.Supp. 253 (1975)

George DUKES v. Walter WAITKEVITCH and Frank A. Hall.

United States District Court, D. of Massachusetts.

May 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Haber, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for respondents.

OPINION AND ORDER

TAURO, District Judge.

Petitioner has filed this Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus alleging that his conviction and imprisonment violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights of due process and equal protection. Specifically, he claims that as a black defendant, charged with a violent crime involving white victims, he was entitled to have the trial judge question the prospective jurors on the...

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