793 So. 2d 308 - State v. Divers’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “(1) Those alleged to be discriminated against belong to an identifiable group in the general population. (2) The selection process is subject to abuse according to subjective criteria. (3) The degree of under-representation, as shown by comparing the proportion of the group at issue found in the general population to the proportion called to serve.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williamson

2. “This distinction is important in that while the treatment of discrimination as to the grand jury foreperson is given the same legal consequence as discrimination as to the entire grand jury, each matter is treated as a separate legal issue for the purposes of litigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 846 So. 2d 114 - State v. Fleming

3. “[A]lthough the selection of grand jury forepersons is regarded in the same manner as the selection of grand jurors, the federal and state courts have always considered those to be two separate issues.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 846 So. 2d 114 - State v. Fleming