Legal Opinion
State v. Pelican
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided June 29, 1990No. 89-260PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to V.R.A.P. 5(b), from an order of the district court denying defendant’s motion to strike the jury panel. We affirm.
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Defendant is charged with second degree murder. On March 24, 1989, defendant filed a pretrial motion to strike the jury panel, arguing that the jury selection procedures in Franklin County result in jury venires which substantially misrepresent the community in terms of age, occupation and economic status in violation of his constitutional and statutory rights. Three witnesses testified at the evidentiary hearing on the motion. The…
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