Currie

Appellant Aldridge Currie was convicted after a jury trial of second degree murder, attempted robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664, 211-212.5, subd. (c), 12021, subd. (a)(1).) The jury also found true two special circumstance allegations that appellant had used a firearm in the commission of the crimes of murder and attempted robbery. (§ 12022.5, subd. (a).) In bifurcated proceedings tried to the court, two prior prison term allegations were also found true. (§ 667.5, subd. (b).)

Appellant’s principal contention on appeal revisits a topic that has historically been the object of numerous challenges, namely, the composition of jury venires in Contra Costa County. He contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash the master jury list and jury venire, on the grounds that his rights under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and article I, section 16, of the California Constitution, to trial by an impartial jury drawn from a representative cross-section of the community were denied.

We conclude, however, that appellant failed to establish a prima facie case of systematic exclusion of…