Court Opinion

ID: 9683228
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:25:10.525967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:46.518644
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*158BARDGETT, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
The convictions in the instant case are being reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because of an improper Jackson County jury panel selection procedure which was the subject of Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 99 S.Ct. 664, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979). In State v. Johnson, 606 S.W.2d 624 (Mo.banc 1980), this Court essentially adopted the opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, in State v. Williams, 595 S.W.2d 378 (Mo.App.1980), which involved the same question as is presented here.
For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in State v. Cornelius Johnson, supra, I dissent from the principal opinion in this case. I continue to believe that under the controlling decisions of the United States Supreme Court we are not required to reverse and remand a conviction for a new trial because of error in the jury selection process as occurred in this case where no objection was made either during the trial or in after-trial motions. I would overrule the Duren issue in this case.