Primeaux v. Dooley

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Petitioner was convicted by a jury in 1981 of second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Over the next two decades, he filed several requests for writs of habeas corpus in both state and federal court. In this appeal on his second habeas petition in state court, petitioner argues that he was denied his constitutional right to have a jury composed of a fair cross section of the community. The habeas court denied petitioner’s request for relief, concluding that although there was some disparity it was not sufficient to violate his constitutional rights.…