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· 10/12/1971

Abner Junior Stephens v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary

Citations

  • 449 F.2d 657
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 7635

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  • jury commissioners, who were allowed to rely on personal knowledge in choosing jurors, had “opportunity to discriminate”
  • jury commissioners, who were allowed to rely on personal knowledge in choosing jurors, had \opportunity to discriminate\
  • court characterized deviation between 34% population and 14.6 and 15.74% appearance on grand and petit jury venires as 2:1

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Judges: Haynsworth, Winter, Miller

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