Commonwealth v. Barber

1. The trial judge denied Barber’s motion to dismiss the venire on the ground that young adults were inadequately represented. The only evidence (admitted by stipulation) was a report, made in another case by a special master, which revealed that persons from age eighteen to thirty-four appeared on juries in the county substantially less frequently than would be expected in view of the number within that age group. There was no proof of intentional discrimination. The judge correctly ruled that the jury venire was not “illegally constituted.” See Commonwealth v. Bastarache, 382 Mass. 86,…