349 U.S. 375 75 S.Ct. 814 99 L.Ed. 1161 Aubry WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of GEORGIA. No. 412. Argued April 18, 1955. Decided June 6, 1955. Mr. Carter Hall, for petitioner. Mr. Eugene Gressman, Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae, in support of petition er by invit ation of the Court. Messrs. E. Freeman Leverett, Robert H. Hall, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent. Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 The Court has here under review the decision of a state court rejecting a claim of infirmity in a conviction for murder based on a constitutional ground raised for the first time in an extraordinary proceeding after the conviction had been affirmed on appeal. Respect for the State's administration of criminal justice requires a detailed narrative of the procedural course of this litigation and an adequate consideration of the legal factors relevant to our disposition. 2 Petitioner, a Negro, was convicted in Fulton County, Georgia, of the murder of a white man and sentenced to death. According to the allegations before us, the petit jury which conv icted him wa s selected in the following manner: 3 On February 18, 1953, a judge of the Fulton County Superior Court selected from a box the names of prospective jurors. The names of white persons were on white tickets and the names of Negroes were on yellow tickets. The tickets were handed to a deputy sheriff, who in turn gave them to a deputy clerk for listing. The named jurors were subsequently summoned, some were excused,
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