State v. Jenne

Pursuant to V.R.A.P. 5(b), defendant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to strike the jury panel. We conclude that the jury-selection procedures in Chittenden County do not violate defendant’s constitutional or statutory rights, and, accordingly, answer the question certified by the trial court in the negative.

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Defendant is charged with causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1024(a)(2). On April 26, 1989, he filed a pretrial motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to strike the jury panel on…