Harlee v. District of Columbia

Appellant Harlee appeals from his conviction by a jury of indecent exposure to an eight-year old child in violation of D.C.Code § 22-1112(b) (1981). 1 We affirm.

At trial, after the panel of prospective jurors arrived in the courtroom for jury selection, but before voir dire and the selection of the actual petit jury, appellant’s counsel moved to dismiss the jury panel because it contained a disproportionate number of women — the panel consisted of approximately one-fourth men and three-fourths women. Defense counsel argued that the panel did not depict the actual ratio of the sexes in the…