Legal Opinion
James Barber v. James Ponte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 18, 1985No. 84-1750PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, James Barber, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that an alleged systematic exclusion of young people from his Massachusetts state court jury venire violated his constitutional right to an impartial jury drawn from a cross-section of the community.
In September of 1980 Barber, a prisoner at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, was charged with unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe, unlawful possession of two hypodermic needles, unlawful possession of heroin and unlawful possession of marijuana. Prior to…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by101 opinions
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