Juries—Challenging Jury Panel for Bias—State v. Eggers (Neb. 1963)

Authors

Richard L. Schmelling, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

A question of first impression in Nebraska—whether it is prejudicial error to compel an accused to be tried by a jury selected from a panel from which an earlier jury had been selected and had heard a similar charge against the same accused—was squarely before the Nebraska Supreme Court in State v. Eggers.

I. The Problem

II. Alternatives Open to Counsel

III. Were the Jurors Biased?

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Richard L. Schmelling, Juries—Challenging Jury Panel for Bias—State v. Eggers (Neb. 1963), 43 Neb. L. Rev. 629 (1964)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol43/iss3/8