USSC Upholds Michigan Supreme Court in Berghuis v Smith

The defendant claimed that his Kent County jury was not drawn from a fair cross-section of the community, but the Michigan Supreme Court found that Smith had not established a prima facie Sixth Amendment violation.  Today, the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion by Justice Ginsberg reversing the 6th Circuit, said the Michigan Supreme Court's decision was not unreasonable.  Berghuis v Smith, (08-1402).  The ABA Journal's report is here.