HOWELL v. SUPERINTENDENT ROCKVIEW SCI

No. 17-1758.

939 F.3d 260 (2019)

Joseph HOWELL, Appellant, v. SUPERINTENDENT ROCKVIEW SCI; Attorney General Pennsylvania; District Attorney Allegheny County.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh M. Skipper , Chief Federal Defender, Helen Marino , First Assistant Federal Defender, Arianna J. Freeman , Loren D. Stewart [ARGUED], Federal Community Defender Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center, Suite 540 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellant.

Stephen A. Zappala, Jr. , District Attorney, Ronald M. Wabby, Jr. , Deputy District Attorney, Rusheen R. Pettit [ARGUED], Allegheny County Office of District Attorney, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: RESTREPO, PORTER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Criminal defendants are deprived of their Sixth Amendment right to a jury selected from a broad representation of the community when distinctive groups are systematically excluded from the jury selection process. See Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 363...

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