District court’s denial of defendant’s petition for habeas relief, claiming that the way in which the bystander venire was selected violated his constitutional right to have his jury selected from a fair cross section of the community, is affirmed as the sheriff exercised his responsibility under the Illinois bystander statute by rounding out a small portion of the venire by calling upon supervisors in government offices to furnish potential jurors.
Read White v. Gaetz, No. 08-2766
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Decided December 21, 2009
Judges
Before: Evans, Sykes, Circuit Judges, and Simon, District Judge
Opinion by Simon, District Judge
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