Rayburn v. State

Tony Rayburn pleaded guilty to the offense of selling marijuana, a violation of § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. He specifically reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion challenging the array of the grand jury which indicted him, on the basis that the master list from which the grand jury venire was drawn did not represent a "fair cross section" of the community as required by the United States Constitution and §12-16-55, Code of Alabama 1975 (Supp. 1985).

Evidence presented at the motion hearing established that the master list for…