Keywords
grand jury, new york, jury, discrimination
Abstract
Note examines the statutory law which provides for a grand jury in New York, the background of federal constitutional requirements, and New York court decisions which have interpreted the statutes when defendants or witnesses have challenged a grand jury for failing to conform to "the very idea of a jury," which is a body "composed of the peers or equals of the persons whose rights it is selected or summoned to determine his neighbors, fellows and associates.
Recommended Citation
Pearl Zuchlewski,
Challenging New York Grand Jury Composition: The Barrier of the "Systematic and Intentional Exclusion" Requirement,
6 Fordham Urb. L.J. 317
(1978).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol6/iss2/7