MICHIGAN

v.

MCMILLER

Citator

Cited By

• Ristaino v. Ross, 424 U.S. 589 (U.S. 1976)
  …road constitutional principle requiring that [such] questions ... be put to prospective jurors in all State criminal trials when the defendant is black. . . .” Id., at 671, 296 N. E. 2d, at 815. Ross again sought certiorari, but the writ was denied. 414 U. S. 1080 (1973). In the present case Ross renewed his contention on collateral attack in federal habeas corpus. Relying on Ham, the District Court granted a writ of habeas corpus, and the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed. 508 F. 2d 754 (1974)…

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• Turner v. Murray, 476 U.S. 28 (U.S. 1986)
  …In my view, the constitutional right of a defendant to have a trial judge ask the members [*39] of the venire questions concerning possible racial bias is triggered whenever a violent interracial crime has been committed. See Ross v. Massachusetts, 414 U. S. 1080 (1973) (Marshall, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). The reality of race relations in this country is such that we simply may not presume impartiality, and the risk of bias runs especially high when members of a community serving on a jury a…

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• United States v. Diggs, 522 F.2d 1310 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
  …satisfy the demands of due process.” (Emphasis added). Such a limiting evaluation of the significance of the language quoted would seem the more cogent if we consider [*1319] Ross v. Massachusetts, 363 Mass. 665, 296 N.E. 2d 810, certiorari denied, 414 U.S. 1080, 94 S.Ct. 599, 38 L.Ed.2d 486 (1973). The dissenting views of Mr. Justice Marshall sharply focused on the racial prejudice issue which arose in a trial where a white security officer had been the victim of assault by Ross and other young negroes. Se…

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