Daniel v. Louisiana, 420 U.S. 31 (1975)

Daniel v. Louisiana


No. 74-5369


Decided January 27, 1975
420 U.S. 31

ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

Syllabus

The decision in Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, wherein it was held that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require petit juries to be selected from a source fairly representative of the community and that such requirement is violated by the systematic exclusion of women from jury panels, is not to be applied retroactively, as a matter of federal law, to convictions obtained by juries empaneled prior to the date of that decision. DeStefano v. Woods, 392 U.S. 631.

297 So.2d 417, affirmed.