State v. Price

BRITT, Justice.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion challenging the jury pool on the ground that blacks as well as young people between the ages of 18 and 29 were underrepresented in the pool. He argues that he was denied due process of law. There was no error in the denial of the motion.

At the hearing on the motion, defendant presented the testimony of Mr. James O’Reilly, a doctoral candidate in the field of sociology with an emphasis in demography at Duke University. Mr. O’Reilly conducted studies on the demographics…