State v. Robinson

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Larry Robinson, tried by a jury, convicted of rape and sentenced to IS years’ imprisonment, has appealed. 1

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The fact alone that the jury panel was completely devoid of female members does not vitiate the verdict on the ground that the jury was improperly im-panelled. State v. Andrews, Mo.Sup., 371 S.W.2d 324, 327 [6] (no women); State v. Selman, Mo.Sup., 433 S.W.2d 572, 577; State v. Ramsey, 355 Mo. 720, 197 S.W.2d 949 (absence of negroes). In order to invalidate a jury verdict on this basis there must be a showing of unconstitutional discrimination arising out of…