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Federal Courts-Criminal Procedure-Effect Of Excusing Procedure On Composition Of Jury Panel, Robert P. Griffin
Federal Courts-Criminal Procedure-Effect Of Excusing Procedure On Composition Of Jury Panel, Robert P. Griffin
Michigan Law Review
Petitioner was found guilty of violating the Harrison Narcotics Act in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia by a jury composed wholly of federal employees. During the course of voir dire examination, petitioner moved to strike the entire panel, asserting that it did not represent a proper cross-section of the community. This motion was denied. Petitioner exhausted his ten peremptory challenges, and, upon finding that only government employees remained on the jury, then challenged the jury as impaneled for cause. The challenge was overruled. Conviction was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals. On certiorari to the …
Jury Selection Analyzed: Proposed Revision Of Federal System, William Wirt Blume
Jury Selection Analyzed: Proposed Revision Of Federal System, William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
It is proposed, and bills to carry out the proposal are now pending in Congress, that the federal system of jury selection be substantially revised, chiefly by establishing "uniform qualifications" for jurors who serve in the federal courts. An examination of these bills reveals that the proposed revision not only contemplates the elimination of conformity with state statutes insofar as they prescribe qualifications for, and exemptions from, jury service, but also contemplates a startling increase in the discretionary powers of the federal judges with respect to the whole process of jury selection. As an aid to a consideration of the …
Criminal Law And Procedure - Perjury As Contempt-Statutory Construction
Criminal Law And Procedure - Perjury As Contempt-Statutory Construction
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was summoned for jury duty in a celebrated mail fraud case. On voir dire examination she deliberately concealed the fact that at one time the defendants had been her employers, and falsely stated that her mind was free from bias. Accepted as a juror, she attempted to discredit the government's case to fellow jurors, refused to listen to their arguments, and after one week's deliberation in the jury room continued to cast the only vote for acquittal. Held, that this conduct was a contempt of court in that it was an obstruction of the processes of justice. Clark …