Alvarado v. State

OPINION

BONEY, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Cloyd Alvarado, seeks reversal of his conviction below, contending that the jury which found him guilty was improperly constituted. Challenged as unconstitutional is the long-standing practice in the third judicial district of selecting all prospective jurors from the area within a radius of 15 miles of Anchorage. Though this court has previously upheld the use of juries drawn exclusively from the Anchorage area, 1 the factual circumstances of Alvarado’s case, as well as the detailed presentation made in the record on appeal, compel a reexamination of…