Redd v. Negley

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of plaintiff Redd’s challenge to the jury which was selected to try this case.1 The trial court ruled that the challenge was not made timely, as required by Utah Code Ann. § 78-46-16 (1987), and explained that plaintiff’s challenge was unsupported by any statistics and affidavits necessary to support a valid objection. Plaintiff relies exclusively on the fourteenth and sixth amendments to the United States Constitution.

Plaintiff, a full-blooded American Indian, brought this action in the Seventh Judicial District…