Legal Opinion
John William Smith v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 18, 1972No. 71-1650PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant has challenged the jury selection procedures used to impanel the grand and petit juries of Essex County, New Jersey, which were instrumental in indicting and convicting him of assault and battery. 1 He contends that both the “key man” system used to select the grand jury venires, and the system based on voting lists and city directories used to choose the petit jury venires, were constitutionally defective because they excluded disproportionate numbers of Negroes, women, working class, and residents of Newark.
I. THE BACKGROUND
Appellant…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality LeagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Richard Albert JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Thomas C. Ramseur v. Howard C. Beyer, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison, Robert Del Tufo, New Jersey Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- James Barber v. James PonteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Rudolph WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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