Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Brownell Jr. and Harold M. Walker Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, Lee Darragh, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Karen N. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Thomas H. Dunn, Atlanta, Joseph L. Chambers Sr., Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Ga., Smyrna, and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant Solicitor, Gainesville.
Case Number: S00P0112
Trial court properly refused to credit expert evidence that Hispanics were under-represented in the grand jury pool based on a test census conducted in a small area of the county with a high number