Legal Opinion

People v. Guzman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 27, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

The paramount question on this appeal is whether defendant’s indictment should be dismissed on the ground that alleged constitutional and statutory violations in the Kings County Grand Jury selection process caused an underrepresentation of Hispanics in the Grand Jury pool and in the Grand Jury that indicted him. In our view, the question must be answered in the negative, and the judgment of conviction must be affirmed.

*15BACKGROUND

The defendant Guzman was indicted in August, 1979, for the following crimes: robbery in the first and second degrees, criminal possession of a…

3Cases cited24 opinions

  1. San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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4Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. CowanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  2. People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  3. People v. BestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. People v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  5. Parker v. PhillipsDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2010

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