Fifth Circuit· 3/16/2000

Soria v. Johnson

Citations

207 F.3d 232
2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 4053
2000 WL 282933

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holding that a Sixth Amendment fair cross-section claim defaulted in state court was foreclosed from federal review absent a showing of cause and 5 prejudice
holding a federal habeas petitioner procedurally defaulted on a fair cross-section complaint by failing to raise it in a direct appeal that became final in 1997
Soria was not entitled to challenge prospective jurors for cause who might view his evidence offered in mitigation as aggravating
Reliance on Simmons was unavailing as the defendant was eligible for parole after a term of years.
“the fact that an identifiable minority group votes in a proportion lower than the rest of the population and is therefore underrepresented [sic] on jury panels presents no constitutional issue.”
“[B]ecause [the venire member] did not sit on [the petitioner’s] jury, [the petitioner] is precluded from making a substantial showing of the denial of a federal right with respect to this claim.”

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Judges: Garza, Demoss, Benavides

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