State v. Hulett

WASSERSTROM, Chief Judge.

On a jury trial commenced in October 1977, defendant was convicted of forgery, possession with intent to utter as true, under Section 561.011, RSMo 1969.1 On this appeal, defendant challenges the composition of the jury and further contends that there was a variance between the charge and the proof.

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Defendant challenges the composition of the jury on the ground that it was selected by the process declared in Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 99 S.Ct. 664, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979) to be discriminatory against women. The state seeks to distinguish Duren on the ground that…