Legal Opinion
Conley v. White
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided April 26, 1979No. 78 0239 CV W 4PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.
One issue remains for consideration in this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254: was petitioner denied a jury that fairly represented a cross-section of the community because women were automatically excluded from the jury on request?
Petitioner was charged by information with first degree robbery on January 20, 1975. Trial began on April 2, 1975, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, in Kansas City. A venire of forty-two persons, of whom eight or 19.04% were women, appeared for trial. Tr., 14-15. The Court impaneled a jury of twelve…
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