Translate
Text Highlighter

Bookmark

PDF

Share

Report a problem
AMICUS AI
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Attorney(S)
Judges
Are you a practicing lawyer?
Enhance your digital presence and reach by creating a Casemine profile.
Upload pleading to use the new AI search
Cites
Cited by
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Attorney(S)
Judges

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM SIBILA, Defendant

JOHN S. LOCKMAN, J.

The defendant, through his attorney, moves for an order

(1) dismissing the indictment, and (2) for adjournment of trial on the grounds that the females were systematically excluded, in violation of due process as enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in Taylor v Louisiana ( 419 U.S. 522).

Counsel stipulated that 54% of the eligible jurors in the county are women, that of the 70,000 jury notices for service mailed in 1974, 54% were sent to women, 70% of which claimed the female exemption provided for under subdivision 7 of section 665 Jud. of the Judiciary Law and that 60,000 names were in the Nassau County jury wheel in 1974, of which between 26% and 33% were women.

The contrast of between 26% to 33% women serving on juries in Nassau County when compared to the no more than 10% in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, constitutes a distinction constraining the court to deny in all respects the defendant's motions, because the defendant has failed to establish a systematic exclusion. (People v Anderson, 42 A.D.2d 1007.)

Use AI to get other relevant cases.

Comments

PEOPLE v. SIBILA
(Feb 19, 1975)