United States v. Gould

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES 0. BROWNING, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendants’ Joint Motion Challenging Composition of Jury Venire, filed February 15, 2007 (Doc. 276)(“Motion”). The primary issues are: (i) whether the composition of the jury venire violates Defen dants John and Violet Goulds’ Sixth Amendment right to a jury chosen from a fair cross-section of the community; and (ii) whether the jury venire’s composition violates Mr. and Ms. Gould’s right to equal protection under the Fifth Amendment. Because the Court concludes that the United States…