Legal Opinion
People v. Waters
New York County Courts
Decided April 30, 1984PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stuart Namm, J.
The defendant, a 19-year-old black male youth, is charged with the attempted murder of a Suffolk County uniformed police officer, whilé attempting to avoid arrest by him on a robbery charge. The officer is alleged to have been shot twice with his own weapon in a struggle, during which the defendant allegedly took the officer’s gun from its holster.
In a pretrial motion the defendant alleged that the present method of selecting jurors for petit jury service violates his constitutional rights; specifically, that there is a systematic exclusion of black youths…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. BartolomeoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. ShedrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. WatersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. HendersonBuffalo City Court · 1985