State v. Heavey

TURNAGE, Judge.

Thomas Heavey was convicted of assault with intent to commit sodomy, § 559.180, RSMo 1969. He was sentenced to confinement for thirty years under the Second Offender Act.

On this appeal Heavey contends the trial court erred in overruling his motion to quash the jury panel because the procedure followed in Jackson County for the selection of jury panels denied him a jury that was representative of a cross-section of the community in violation of his rights under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Reversed and remanded.

Heavey was tried in August, 1977. His…