Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938)

Name: Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

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Hale v. Kentucky

No. 680

Argued March 29, 1938
Decided April 11, 1938
303 U.S. 613

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY

Syllabus

Proofs held sufficient to show a systematic and arbitrary exclusion of Negroes from jury lists because of their race or color constituting a denial of the equal protection of the laws, and entitling the petitioner, a Negro convicted of murder, to a new trial. P. 616.

69 Ky. 743, 108 S.W.2d 716, reversed.

Certiorari, post, p. 629, to review a judgment affirming a sentence for murder.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938) in 303 U.S. 613 303 U.S. 614. Original Sources, accessed May 6, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=S63NTL4VQGZE65Z.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938), in 303 U.S. 613, page 303 U.S. 614. Original Sources. 6 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=S63NTL4VQGZE65Z.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938). cited in 1938, 303 U.S. 613, pp.303 U.S. 614. Original Sources, retrieved 6 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=S63NTL4VQGZE65Z.