In Reece v. Georgia, the U.S Supreme Court ruled in favor of an African American man named Willie Nash Reece who was convicted for rape by a state court in Georgia. The case revolved around whether or not Mr. Reece's constitutional rights were violated during his trial due to racial discrimination within the jury selection process. It was found that although there were qualified black citizens available for jury duty at the time of his trial, none had been included on any juries for over 60 years in Harris County where he was tried and convicted. This exclusion based on race went against the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause which prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under law - including fair treatment during judicial proceedings such as trials by jury. As a result, the Supreme Court reversed Mr.Reece's conviction and remanded it back to lower courts for further proceedings consistent with their opinion.

In the dissenting opinion for Reece v. Georgia, Justice Frankfurter argued that the majority's decision to overturn Reece's conviction based on a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights was incorrect. He contended that there was no evidence to suggest racial discrimination in the selection of grand jury members and emphasized that it is not within the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to infer such bias without concrete proof. Furthermore, he stated that even if there had been an infringement upon Reece’s constitutional rights during his trial, this should have been addressed by state courts first before escalating it to federal level. The justice also expressed concern over setting a precedent where convictions could be overturned due merely to speculation about potential prejudice or misconduct in court proceedings rather than actual proven instances thereof.