Buchanan v. Kentucky

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-24

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*404 Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents two narrow issues arising out of petitioner Buchanan’s trial for murder. First, it poses the question whether petitioner was deprived of his right to an impartial jury, representative of a fair cross section of the community, because the Commonwealth of Kentucky was permitted to…

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