Test v. United States 8212 5993, No. 73
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 420 U.S. 28,42 L.Ed.2d 786,95 S.Ct. 749 |
| Decision Date | 27 January 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 73 |
| Parties | John E. TEST, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. —5993 |
v.
UNITED STATES.
Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.
William L. Patton, Boston, Mass., for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner was convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for distribution of a hallucinogenic drug commonly known as LSD. Prior to trial he filed a motion to dismiss his
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indictment claiming that the master lists1 from which his grand jury had been, and petit jury would be, selected systematically excluded disproportionate numbers of people with Spanish surnames, students, and balcks. These exclusions, petitioner alleged, violated both his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury and the provisions of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, 28 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq. Attached to this motion was an affidavit by petitioner's counsel stating facts that had been disclosed by testimony at a jury challenge in another case, and which petitioner claimed supported his challenge. Also accompanying the motion was another motion requesting permission to inspect and copy the jury lists 'pertaining to the grand and petit juries in the instant indictment.' Petitioner asserted that inspection was necessary for discovering evidence to buttress his claims.
The District Court rejected the jury challenge and denied the motion to inspect the lists. Petitioner renewed his claims before the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit but that court affirmed his conviction without discussing these issues. We granted certiorari to decide whether the Jury Selection and Service Act required that petitioner be permitted to inspect the jury lists. 417 U.S. 967, 95 S.Ct. 3170, 41 L.Ed.2d 1138.
In its brief and oral argument before this Court, the United States has agreed that petitioner was erroneously denied access to the lists and urges us to remand the case. We also agree with petitioner.2 Section 1867(f) of the Act, in relevant part, provides:
'The contents of records or papers used by the jury commission or clerk in connection with the jury
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selection process shall not be disclosed, except . . . as may be necessary in the preparation or presentation of a motion (challenging compliance with selection procedures) under . . . this section. . . . The parties in a case shall be allowed to inspect, reproduce, and copy such records or papers at all reasonable times during the preparation and...
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