How has the US Supreme Court dealt with the issue of "arbitrary, fundamentally unfair" jury trials?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. McCutchen, A134003 (Cal. App. 2014):

rendered the trial "so 'arbitrary and fundamentally unfair' that it violated federal due process." [Citations.]' [Citation.]" (People v. Albarran (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 214, 229-230.)

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