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 […]
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