State v. Coleman

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction by jury for murder in the second degree. We reverse and remand for new trial on the principle of Duren v. State of Missouri, 439 U.S. -, 99 S.Ct. 664, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979).

At commencement of trial the defendant moved quashal of the jury venire on the grounds that the procedures by law [Article I, § 22(b) of the Missouri Constitution of 1945 and § 494.031, RSMo 1969)] which exempt from service as a juror any woman who requests excuse on account of gender deny a right to jury by a representative segment of the community in violation of…