1. Swain v. Alabama, No. 64, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, December 8, 1964, Argued , March 8, 1965, Decided
OVERVIEW: A state's systematic striking of Negroes in the selection of petit juries may have raised a prima facie case under the Fourteenth Amendment, but the record did not show that the rule on peremptory challenges was violated for quashing the indictment.
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