Opinion ID: 2978939
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Venire

Text: Logan’s claim that his venire consisted of entirely white citizens and so violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment is meritless. He simply has not presented any evidence that AfricanAmericans were “systematically excluded” from the jury panel. Accordingly, he cannot meet his prima facie case that his constitutional rights were violated. United States v. Allen, 160 F.3d 1096, 1101 (6th Cir. 1998). Similarly, we reject his Equal Protection challenge. Again, Logan points to the fact that his venire was entirely white. This is not sufficient to meet his prima facie case. He must present some 5 Drug evidence, due to its fungible nature, presents particular concerns. Logan urges us to hold that the district court abused its discretion in admitting the evidence, simply because it was fungible. However, he ignores the fact that the government presented evidence that demonstrated with reasonable probability the whereabouts of the item proffered while in police possession. For example, the government presented police testimony regarding where each piece of drug evidence was found, how it was packaged, labeled, and stored in the evidence room, and that the KSP chemist received it days later, sealed, and with no apparent tampering. - 10 - Nos. 07-6126, 09-5636 United States v. Logan evidence that members of his race—African Americans—were substantially under-represented and that the venire was selected under a practice providing an opportunity for discrimination or a systematic, long-term under-representation of African Americans on jury venires. See id at 1104-05.