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FLOWERS v. MISSISSIPPI, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Criminal Procedure

139 S.Ct. 2228 (2019) 588 U.S. ___ Curtis Giovanni FLOWERS, Petitioner v. MISSISSIPPI. No. 17-9572.Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 20, 2019.Decided June 21, 2019. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI. Counsel: Sheri Lynn Johnson for the petitioner. Special Assistant Attorney General Jason Davis for the respondent. Sheri Lynn Johnson, […]

Lynch v. Arizona, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SHAWN PATRICK LYNCH v. ARIZONA on petition for writ of certiorari to the supreme court of arizona No. 15?8366.?Decided May 31, 2016 Per Curiam. Under Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.?S. 154 (1994) , and its progeny, ?where a capital defendant?s future dangerousness is at issue, and the only […]

Foster v. Chatman, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Batson Challenge

NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]

Holland v. Illinois, 493 U.S. 474 (1990)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Sixth Amendment

493 U.S. 474 110 S.Ct. 803 107 L.Ed.2d 905 Daniel HOLLAND, Petitioner v. ILLINOIS. No. 88-5050. Argued Oct. 11, 1989. Decided Jan. 22, 1990. Rehearing Denied March 19, 1990. See 494 U.S. 1050, 110 S.Ct. 1514. Syllabus During jury selection at his state-court trial on various felony charges, petitioner, who is white, objected to the […]

Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Civil Rights, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Racial Segregation

476 U.S. 79 106 S.Ct. 1712 90 L.Ed.2d 69 James Kirkland BATSON, Petitioner, v. KENTUCKY. No. 84-6263. Argued Dec. 12, 1985. Decided April 30, 1986. [qtbl style=”color:gray;] Summary:?The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenge in a criminal case?the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so?may not […]

Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc., 500 U.S. 614 (1991)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

500 U.S. 614 111 S.Ct. 2077 114 L.Ed.2d 660 Thaddeus Donald EDMONSON, Petitioner v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE COMPANY, INC. No. 89-7743. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided June 3, 1991. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Summary:??The Supreme Court of the United States held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in?civil trials. […]

Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400 (1991)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Criminal Procedure, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment

499 U.S. 400 111 S.Ct. 1364 113 L.Ed.2d 411 Larry Joe POWERS, Petitioner, v. OHIO. No. 89-5011. Argued Oct. 9, 1990. Decided April 1, 1991. Syllabus During jury selection at his state-court trial for aggravated murder and related offenses, petitioner Powers, a white man, objected to the State’s use of peremptory challenges to remove seven […]

J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127 (1994)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Gender Equality

511 U.S. 127 114 S.Ct. 1419 128 L.Ed.2d 89 J.E.B., Petitioner v. ALABAMA ex rel. T.B. No. 92-1239. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 2, 1993. Decided April 19, 1994. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] The Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is unconstitutional.J.E.B. […]