Chestnut v. Criminal Court of New York
Chestnut v. Criminal Court of the City of New York
Chestnut v. Criminal Court of N.Y., 404 U.S. 856 (1971)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(rejecting equal protection challenge to requirement that county’s grand jurors be at least 35 years of age)
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(exclusion of jurors below the age of 35 justified on the ground that the state can take advantage of older persons’ greater experience; pre-Duren)
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(practice of excluding welfare recipients from jury service had no statutory basis and was terminated)
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