Case: Payne v. Arkansas
Abbreviation: Payne v. Arkansas
Decision Date: 1957-04-08
Docket Number: No. 610
Citation: 353 U.S. 929
Volume: 353
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Payne v. Arkansas.
Judges: 
Pages: 929–929

Head Matter:
No. 610,
Misc.
Payne v. Arkansas.
Wiley A. Branton for petitioner. Bruce Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, and Thorp Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
The motion for leave to proceed in jorma pauperis is granted. The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arkansas is granted limited to questions 2 and 3 presented by the petition for the writ which read as follows:
2. Whether members of the Negro race "were systematically excluded or their number limited in the selection of the jury panel and of the Jury Commission."
3. Whether "the petitioner's alleged confession was introduced into evidence after same had been illegally and unlawfully secured from him."