· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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