People v. Lynch

Opinion

CALDECOTT, J.

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of two counts of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261) and one count of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207).

Appellant contends he was denied a right to a trial by an impartial jury of his peers in the light of its racial, economic and educational composition. The jurors were selected exclusively from the Alameda County voter registration lists. Appellant argues there was a “non-deliberate” but systematic exclusion of appellant’s peers as jurors.

This same contention, as a basis for attacking the jury selection…