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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.
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.
Kentucky (1986) that prosecutors cannot make peremptory challenges based on race, but did not address whether defendants could use them. [2] The court had already ruled in Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company (1991) that the Batson prohibition also applies to civil litigants because they are state actors during the jury selection process.
Batson v. Kentucky: 476 U.S. 79 (1986) Peremptory challenge, racial discrimination Poland v. Arizona: 476 U.S. 147 (1986) Reimposing the death penalty after the underlying murder conviction has been vacated California v. Ciraolo: 476 U.S. 206 (1986) Naked-eye aerial observation of defendant's backyard by police does not violate the Fourth Amendment
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Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) banned peremptory challenges based solely on race, although the U.S. Supreme Court has since acted to mitigate its impact. [9] The issue of racial bias in jury selection has been complicated by the question of whose rights are implicated; the potential juror's, or the defendant's. [10]
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