Opinion ID: 159242
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Heading: The Jury Selection System

Text: 123 In the district court proceedings, Mr. Pearson contended that the jury selection system in the District of Kansas violated his constitutional right to a trial before a fair cross-section of the community by improperly excluding minorities. On appeal, he argues that he has established a prima facie violation of the fair-cross section requirement. According to Mr. Pearson, the government should now be required to show that attaining a fair cross-section of the community would be incompatible with a significant government interest. Aplt's Br. at 20. We review the factual decisions underlying the district court's ruling for clear error and the legal determination of whether a prima facie violation of the fair cross-section requirement has occurred de novo. See United States v. Shinault, 147 F.3d 1266, 1271 (10th Cir. 1998). 124 In Shinault, we considered and rejected a Sixth Amendment and Jury Selection and Service Act challenge to the selection system in the Wichita-Hutchinson division of the District of Kansas. See id. at 1270-73. Rather than restate Shinault's comprehensive analysis, we simply rule that it forecloses this portion of Mr. Pearson's appeal, which challenges the same jury selection system on the same grounds. 6 125