Vasquez v. Hillery, No. 84-836 (U.S. Supreme Court) (474 U.S. 254; 106 S.Ct. 617) (January 14, 1986) (Justice Marshall)
In this case the Court set aside a murder conviction some 23 years after the respondent had been convicted because of racial discrimination in the composition of the grand jury that indicted the defendant that denied his basic rights of equal protection.
In this case, the respondent, a Black man, ...
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