United States v. Gilberto Sanchez

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• holding that statistics alone cannot prove a Sixth Amendment violation when jury pools are selected from voter registration lists
• explaining that consent was voluntary when, among other things, officers told the defendant “that he need not permit” a search
• holding the district court did not err in finding consent where there was no “evidence of duress, intimidation, or over-reaching by the officers”
• suggesting that systematic exclusion may be established by presenting evidence that an underrepresented group “face[s] obstacles in the voter registration process”
• listing factors to consider in assessing whether consent was voluntarily given
• \We analyze the [federal Jury Selection and Service] Act and the Sixth Amendment's fair-cross-section requirement under identical legal standards\

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