Court Opinion

ID: 9599932
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:22:24.027402+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:02:46.921109
License: Public Domain

Justice MEYER
concurring in result.
I concur in section III of the majority opinion insofar as it holds that the equal protection guarantees of the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution prohibit racial discrimination in the selection of a grand jury foreman and thus a remand of this case for findings is dictated. The United States Constitution dictates the minimum equal protection rights of individuals in the sense that an individual’s equal protection rights may be greater under a state constitution, but his rights under the federal constitution may not be diminished thereby. Thus, I find it unnecessary and unwise to proceed to any analysis of rights under the state constitution.