In ________, the Court stated, ?The American tradition of trial by jury, considered in connection with either criminal or civil proceedings, necessarily contemplates an impartial jury drawn from a cross section of the community.?

A) Glasser v. United States
B) Irvin v. Dowd
C) Witherspoon v. Illinois
D) Batson v. Kentucky


Answer: A

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