Required reading:


The American Jury on Trial (selections)

This is available from the MSU-Billings library

Class slides (pdf files)


Additional readings:

  1. •Batson v. Kentucky: Supreme Court decision

  2. •Swain v. Alabama: Supreme Court decision

  3. •Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

  4. •Sheppard v. Maxwell: Supreme Court Decision

  5. •Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968 (US Code, Title 28, Section 1865)

  6. •DecisionQuest: Litigation Consultants

  7. •Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution

  8. •Witherspoon v. Illinois: Supreme Court decision

  9. •Lockhart v. McCree: Supreme Court decision

Juries and Trials

Picture Captions: From the movie “12 Angry Men” and a jury box.