Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramos Colon
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 16, 1976No. Crim. 74-213PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
TORRUELLA, District Judge.
Defendant has filed a Motion to Dismiss the Indictment and Strike the Petit Jury Array. In substance Defendant contends that the composition of the jury in this District violates 28 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq. and the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States, because it is claimed that in Puerto Rico the English language requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1865 1 result in jury panels which are not a “fair cross section of the community in [this] [District.” 2 Therefore, it is argued, Defendant is being held accountable in a felony…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paul A. Gorin v. United States of America, Henry Grillo v. United States of America, Saul Glassman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. FitzpatrickMontana Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. FitzpatrickMontana Supreme Court · 1977
- Hursey Davis v. Warden, Joliet Correctional Institution at Stateville Michael Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Thomas Thornburg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Diaz v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
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