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Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge in a criminal case—the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so—may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.
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Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case that re-examined the Batson Challenge. [1] Established by Batson v.Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Batson Challenge [2] prohibits jury selectors from using peremptory challenges on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and sex.
J.E.B. extended the court's existing precedent in Batson v. Kentucky (1986), which found race-based peremptory challenges in criminal trials unconstitutional, [2] and Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company (1991), which extended that principle to civil trials. [3] As in Batson, the court found that sex-based challenges violate the Equal ...
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company, 500 U.S. 614 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in civil trials. [1] Edmonson extended the court's similar decision in Batson v. Kentucky (1986), a criminal case.
In the landmark case of Batson v. Kentucky (1986), the Supreme Court reversed a criminal conviction because of the prosecutor's racially motivated use of peremptory challenges. [171] There are three steps to a Batson inquiry. First, the party opposing the use of a peremptory challenge must make a prima facie case.
A defendant facing the death penalty may challenge for cause a prospective juror who would automatically vote to impose the death penalty in every case Georgia v. McCollum: 505 U.S. 42 (1992) standard on peremptory challenges from Batson v. Kentucky applied to criminal defendant Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association: 505 U.S. 88 ...
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