Opinion ID: 1780618
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Heading: motion to quash the jury panel

Text: Gardner argues that he was denied his right to trial by jury in that the Arkansas system of selecting jurors at random from the current list of registered voters, Ark.Code Ann. § 16-32-103 (1987), does not result in a jury drawn from a fair cross-section of the community as a whole. Gardner also argues that this state's system of exempting certain professionals from jury service, Ark Code Ann. § 16-31-103 (1987), constitutes a further prejudicial narrowing of the juror pool. Gardner's proof at the trial level on either issue was so deficient that the motion to quash the panel could not reasonably have been sustained. For that reason, this court will not consider striking down legislation when presented with arguments supported by such inadequate proof. Sullivan v. State, 287 Ark. 6, 696 S.W.2d 709 (1985). See also Berna v. State, 282 Ark. 563, 670 S.W.2d 434 (1984), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1085, 105 S.Ct. 1847, 85 L.Ed.2d 145 (1985).