Sentences with phrase «jury roll from»

A majority of the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial, finding that Mr. Kokopenace's rights under sections 11 (d) and 11 (f) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms had been violated because the jury roll from which his jury was selected was not sufficiently representative.

In the 2008 jury roll from which Mr. Kokopenace's jury members were selected, Aboriginal people living on reserve made up only 4.1 per cent of the individuals, despite making up 30 per cent of the general population in the district.

Not exact matches

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who got the ball rolling against Pedro Espada Jr. during his stint as state attorney general, clearly feels vindicated by the jury's conviction today of the former Senate majority leader on four counts of theft from his taxpayer - funded Bronx health clinic.

The drastic underrepresentation of on - reserve Aboriginal people on the jury roll in Kokopenace meant that Mr. Kokopenace's right to a fair trial was not met; the petit jury would not be selected from a representative roll.

In the dissenting decision, they stated that representativeness should focus on whether the jury roll is as representative of the community as would be a group of individuals selected randomly from that community.

Criminal Law: Jury Representation R. v. Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28 (35475) Representativeness focuses on the process used to compile the jury roll, not its ultimate composition, and the state satisfies the right to a representative jury by providing a fair opportunity to participate in the jury process; and that happens where the state makes reasonable efforts to: (1) compile the roll using random selection from lists drawing from a broad cross-section (2) deliver jury notices to those who have been randomly selecJury Representation R. v. Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28 (35475) Representativeness focuses on the process used to compile the jury roll, not its ultimate composition, and the state satisfies the right to a representative jury by providing a fair opportunity to participate in the jury process; and that happens where the state makes reasonable efforts to: (1) compile the roll using random selection from lists drawing from a broad cross-section (2) deliver jury notices to those who have been randomly selecjury roll, not its ultimate composition, and the state satisfies the right to a representative jury by providing a fair opportunity to participate in the jury process; and that happens where the state makes reasonable efforts to: (1) compile the roll using random selection from lists drawing from a broad cross-section (2) deliver jury notices to those who have been randomly selecjury by providing a fair opportunity to participate in the jury process; and that happens where the state makes reasonable efforts to: (1) compile the roll using random selection from lists drawing from a broad cross-section (2) deliver jury notices to those who have been randomly selecjury process; and that happens where the state makes reasonable efforts to: (1) compile the roll using random selection from lists drawing from a broad cross-section (2) deliver jury notices to those who have been randomly selecjury notices to those who have been randomly selected.

It was found that his jury was derived from a jury roll that did not adequately ensure the inclusion of Aboriginal on - reserve residents.

So today states can easily get addresses of citizens for jury duty from any number of other databases, and some states have even passed laws against using voter rolls for this purpose.