Crawford v. State

DIMOND, Justice.

The grand jury that indicted petitioner for first degree murder was made up of persons residing within a fifteen mile radius of the City of Anchorage. The question to be decided is whether such a geographical limitation on the selection of jurors is lawful. The-court below held that it was and denied petitioner’s motion to dismiss the indictment. We have granted; review of such interlocutory order because it affects a substantial right of petitioner and involves a question of general importance in the administration of justice throughout the entire court system. 1

The presiding…