People v. Jones

Opinion

KAUS, P. J.

The only real question on this appeal is whether on the basis of defendant’s offer of proof in support of his motion to quash the jury venire, he should have been permitted to offer evidence that the jury panel from which the trial jury was about to be drawn was illegally constituted, We hold that the trial court erred in foreclosing defendant’s offered proof. Nothing in this opinion must be construed as a holding or dictum to the effect that the composition of defendant’s trial jury was, in truth, the result of an unconstitutional selection process.

Facts

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