STATE v. STEWART ET AL.,


120 N.J. Super. 509 (1972)

295 A.2d 202

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JACQUELINE STEWART ET AL, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard Aloysius Walsh, Designated Attorney, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Ralph J. Jabbour, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges LABRECQUE, KOLOVSKY and MATTHEWS.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals, on leave granted, from an order denying her motion "challenging the array of the petit jury panel on the ground that the petit juror's minimum age qualification of 21 years as set forth in [N.J.S.A.] 2A:69-1 is unconstitutional."

On appeal defendant, who is 19 years of age, argues that "the exclusion of 18 to 21 year olds from prospective jury selection and service denies [her] the right to trial by a jury of her peers...

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