Duren v. Missouri, No. 77-6067 (U.S. Supreme Court) (439 U.S. 357; 99 S.Ct. 664) (January 9, 1979) (Justice White)
Case held that venires from which juries are drawn must not systematically exclude distinctive groups in the community and established criteria for judging whether jury panels do not represent a fair cross section of the community.
In this case, the Supreme Court described three showings a criminal defendant must maketo ...
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