Case Name: Joseph BONAPARTE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E. B. CALDWELL, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga., Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-09-17
Citations: 484 F.2d 956
Docket Number: No. 73-2167
Parties: Joseph BONAPARTE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E. B. CALDWELL, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga., Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 484
Pages: 956–957

Head Matter:
Joseph BONAPARTE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E. B. CALDWELL, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga., Respondent-Appellee.
No. 73-2167
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 17, 1973.
Eugene H. Gadsden, court appointed Savannah, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.
Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., David L. G. King, Jr., Courtney Wilder Stanton, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appel-lee.
Before BELL, GODBOLD and IN-GRAHAM, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir., see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is from the ruling on only one of the nine claims asserted in the district court by a state prisoner ha-beas applicant. This one, that Negroes were systematically excluded from the grand and petit juries at the time of his indictment and trial for robbery and rape, was found to be without merit by the district court after a full evidentiary hearing on the modus operandi employed in constituting the jury lists. The dis trict court found that petitioner made out a prima facie case of racial discrimination, by presumption, but that the state overcame the presumption. Bonaparte v. Caldwell, S.D.Ga., 1973, 362 F. Supp. 1315. That holding turns on facts and the findings of fact are not clearly erroneous.
Affirmed.