SMITH v. YEAGER

No. 71-1650.

465 F.2d 272 (1972)

John William SMITH, Appellant, v. Howard YEAGER, Warden, New Jersey State Prison, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1972.

Certiorari Denied December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris David, Newark Essex Joint Law Reform Project, Newark, N. J., for appellant.

David S. Baime, Asst. Prosecutor of Essex County, Newark, N. J., Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, Newark, N. J., (Thomas McCormick, Legal Asst., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KALODNER, HASTIE and MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied December 18, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 685.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant has challenged the jury selection procedures used to impanel the grand and petit juries of Essex County, New Jersey, which were instrumental in indicting and convicting him of assault and battery.1 He contends that both the "key man" system used to select the grand jury venires, and the system based on voting...

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