Joseph Boston v. Michael Bowersox, Superintendent Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri

Joseph Boston, a Missouri prisoner, appeals the district court’s order denying Boston’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1996). We affirm.

On appeal, Boston contends his criminal trial was constitutionally flawed because the jury panel selected for his case did not represent a fair cross-section of the community. In denying Boston’s § 2254 petition, the district court stated:

The Missouri Court of Appeals rejected [Boston’s fair cross-section claim because]: “The selection of jurors here, although irregular and not strictly by statute, did not destroy the randomness of…