duren test
Duren test. Constitutional law. A test to determine whether a jury’s composition violates the fair-cross-section requirement and a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury. • Under the test, a constitutional violation occurs if (1) a distinctive group is not fairly and reasonably represented in the jury pool in relation to its population in the community, (2) the underrepresentation is the result of a systematic exclusion of the group from the jury-selection process, and (3) the government cannot reasonably justify the discrepancy. Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 99 S.Ct. 664 (1979). See FAIR-CROSS-SECTION REQUIREMENT; STATISTICAL-DECISION THEORY; ABSOLUTE DISPARITY; COMPARATIVE DISPARITY. [Cases: Jury 33(1.1). C.J.S. Juries §§ 269–273, 279, 306.]
