AHLET

v.

WILKINS, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• Whitus v. Georgia, 385 U.S. 545 (U.S. 1967)
  …gments. I. The petitioners have been, here twice before. They were originally convicted in 1960 and the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed. Davis v. State, 216 Ga. 110, 114 S. E. 2d 877; Whitus v. State, 216 Ga. 284, 116 S. E. 2d 205, cert. denied, 365 U. S. 831 (1961). Thereafter a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in which, for the first time, petitioner Whitus attacked the composition of the grand and petit juries. The District Court…
• Whitus v. Balkcom, 333 F.2d 496 (5th Cir. 1964)
  …better off in Mitchell.” . The two other defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment. One was sixteen years of age. The other testified for the State. . Whitus v. State, 1960, 216 Ga. 284, 116 S.E. 2d, 205; cert. den’d 1961, 365 U.S. 831, 81 S.Ct. 718, 5 L.Ed.2d 708; Davis v. State, 1960, 216 Ga. 110, 114 S.E. 2d 877. . The district court held: (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; (2) there was no evidence to support the contention that there was discriminatio…
• Whitus v. Balkcom, 299 F.2d 844 (5th Cir. 1962)
  …f Peter Glenn. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Georgia on September 12, 1960, 216 Ga. 284, 116 S.E. 2d 205. Justices Duckworth, Head and Quillian dissented. On February 27, 1961, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. 365 U.S. 831, 81 S.Ct. 718, 5 L.Ed.2d 708. Our disposition of this appeal renders unnecessary reaching the merits of the petition, which alleges deprivation of constitutional rights in the state trial. The district judge, after a hearing, denied the petition f…