Mike Cohen: MichegasWeird & funny stuff'G' names in jury pool win suspect a new trial- June 7, 2002 An accused Opa-locka drug dealer has won a new trial with an only-in-Miami argument: The jury pool contained too many people whose last names start with the letter G.'' Of 38 potential jurors in the pool, 21 had surnames starting with ''G'' and 14 of those were of Hispanic origin: six Garcias, two Gomezes, two Gonzalezes, two Guerras, a Gutierrez and a Goldares. Quoting William Shakespeare and The White Pages, defense attorney David O. Markus persuaded a federal judge that the panel violated..http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3417343.htm |