Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 8/1/1979

State v. Jenison

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405 A.2d 3
122 R.I. 142
1979 R.I. LEXIS 2142

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holding that when the defendants’ constitutional challenges potentially invalidated numerous possibly faulty indictments, certification before trial was appropriate. to avoid wasting valuable judicial time
observing that \a state electing to use the grand jury system must abide by the requirements of due process in assuring that the selection process draws jurors from a fair cross section of the community\
College presidents, professors, students, and tutors are recognized as a cognizable group without more; the Court need not “speculate on the particular qualities shared by this group that are missing from the spectrum of views on a jury that excludes its members.”
College presidents, professors, students, and tutors are recognized as a cognizable group without more; the Court need not \speculate on the particular qualities shared by this group that are missing from the spectrum of views on a jury that excludes its members.\

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Judges: Bevilacqua, Doris, Joslin, Kelleher, Weisberger

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