United States v. Andrews

OPINION

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

The clerk brought to me defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment accompanied by a brief but with no request for oral argument. The attack is on the exclusion from grand jury eligibles of all “paupers”. The facts not being disputable and the legal issues plain, this court proceeds in the manner familiar to most appellate and many trial courts.

Defendant is an economically necessitous person as shown by the fact that he satisfied this court that he was entitled to the appointment of counsel at public expense.

The jury selection system of this District requires…