Legal Opinion
Joseph Zicarelli v. Christopher Dietz, Chairman, New Jersey Parole Board and Sally G. Carroll, Associate Member, New Jersey Parole Board
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 12, 1981No. 79-1722PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLO VITER, Circuit Judge.
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Appellant claims that because his trial in state court took place in a county in which the crime was not committed, with a jury drawn from that county, two requirements of the Sixth Amendment were violated, the requirement that the jury must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community and the requirement that the defendant be given a trial in a district which “shall have been previously ascertained by law.”1 We believe neither claim can be sustained and affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- People v. RubanowitzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- United States v. Douglas Allen Baker, United States of America v. Leroy Charles WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Hillery Preston v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Amos Dwayne Stevenson v. Gail Lewis, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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