Legal Opinion

McGinnis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 26, 1975No. 51073PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Judge.

Appellant enumerates two errors, both deáling with the selection of the jury, in his appeal from a conviction of possessing and selling marijuana.

1. Appellant orally challenged the array of jurors (three panels consisting of 12 jurors on each panel) after discovering on voir dire of each panel that only one of the 36 jurors was under age 35. Appellant was age 25. Appellant contends in his first enumeration that because of the underrepresentation of his age group on each panel, they did not represent a fair cross section of the community.

The transcript of the voir dire…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Frazier v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
  5. Curtis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Tuzman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  3. Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Hardwick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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