Add to ORKGCriminal defendants have frequently raised due process and equal protection objections to the exclusion from their state court juries of various racial, economic, and occupational groups. In Labat v. Bennett, the Fifth Circuit, in order to determine the validity of such exclusions, enunciated a constitutional test: whether the exclusion is related to juror competence; whether it is justfied by public necessity; and whether the exclusion is compatible with the attainment of a jury which represents a cross section of the community
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
In affirming convictions pursuant to a Texas statute implementing common law recidivist procedure, t...
Defendant\u27s conviction of murder was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which rejec...
Criminal defendants have frequently raised due process and equal protection objections to the exclus...
When defendant Leon Jones was arrested, he moved to be transferred to the district where the crimes ...
Defendant\u27s conviction of murder was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which rejec...
Jury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the CIVIL WAR, wh...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
The United States Supreme Court held that intentional gender discrimination by state actors when exe...
Brown, a Negro, was convicted of a capital offense in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Having exhaust...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
Appellant, a male, was convicted in a Louisiana state court of aggravated kidnapping. Prior to his t...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
In affirming convictions pursuant to a Texas statute implementing common law recidivist procedure, t...
Defendant\u27s conviction of murder was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which rejec...
Criminal defendants have frequently raised due process and equal protection objections to the exclus...
When defendant Leon Jones was arrested, he moved to be transferred to the district where the crimes ...
Defendant\u27s conviction of murder was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which rejec...
Jury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the CIVIL WAR, wh...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
The United States Supreme Court held that intentional gender discrimination by state actors when exe...
Brown, a Negro, was convicted of a capital offense in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Having exhaust...
A criminal jury of fewer than 6 members and a jury in which 5 out of 6 can find a verdict were held ...
Appellant, a male, was convicted in a Louisiana state court of aggravated kidnapping. Prior to his t...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
The criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial is enshrined within the U.S. Constitution as a protec...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
Defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. The jury commissioner solicited names of...
In affirming convictions pursuant to a Texas statute implementing common law recidivist procedure, t...
Defendant\u27s conviction of murder was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which rejec...