[Download] "People State New York v. Otis Chestnut" by Court of Appeals of New York # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Otis Chestnut
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 04, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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[26 N.Y.2d 481 Page 484] The six defendants in this case were charged with criminal contempt (former Penal Law, § 600, subd. 6) for refusing to answer
questions during an investigation by a New York County Grand Jury after they had been granted immunity. After unsuccessfully
attempting to challenge the informations, in both the Federal and State courts, on the ground that the Grand Jury was unlawfully
constituted, the defendants were tried and convicted in the New York City Criminal Court and their convictions were unanimously
affirmed by the Appellate Term. On this appeal, they argue, among other things, that the Constitution requires all juries
to be drawn from a cross section of the community and that the under-representation of certain minority groups on the New
York County Grand Jury List rendered their convictions invalid.