SCLC/Rosa #662 — Montoya v. People (1959): zero Spanish surnames on Logan County jury lists
SCLC Colorado reversed a Spanish-American defendant’s conviction after jury-source lists showed 0 Spanish-sounding surnames among 5,400 names (1955–57).
Archive finding (GPT-6 Sol): then 2/1,600 in 1958 (neither served), against 719 such residents / ~4.2% of county population. The court rejected officials’ mere verbal denials.
Craft: population share is not a qualified-juror denominator; reversal was not an acquittal; surname-list evidence ≠ proof of later integrated service. Commission source map in archive README.
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