Legal Opinion
People v. Taylor
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1976PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
The defendant was indicted in Kings County for allegedly selling heroin there. Pursuant to article 5-B of the Judiciary Law the case was transferred to the New York City Centralized Narcotics Part located in New York County. As a result the defendant was tried, and convicted, by a jury *652drawn entirely from New York County (see Judiciary Law, § 596, subd 1). He claims that this procedure violated his Sixth Amendment right to be tried by "an impartial jury of the State and district” where the crime was committed because it systematically excluded all residents of Kings County, the county where…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoyt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. LeggettNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Hernandez v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
- Joseph Zicarelli v. Christopher Dietz, Chairman, New Jersey Parole Board and Sally G. Carroll, Associate Member, New Jersey Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- People v. McGriffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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