United States v. McDaniels

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

By motions to dismiss the indictments and to stay proceedings, defendants challenge the court’s jury selection plan on the ground that the plan results in substantial underrepresentation of both black and poor persons and thus fails to comply with the Federal Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, 28 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq.

The Jury Selection Act requires that the juries be “selected at random from a fair cross section of the community in the district or division wherein the Court convenes.” 28 U.S.C. § 1861. It does not contemplate that the jury be selected from…