Hernandez v. New York, No. 89-7654 (U.S. Supreme Court) (500 U.S. 352; 111 S.Ct. 1859) (May 28, 1991) (Justice Kennedy)
In this case the Court first outlined a three-step process for evaluating a Batson claim [Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)]: (1) the defendant must make a prima facie case raising an inference that the prosecutor has exercised a peremptory challenge on the basis of race; (2) if the ...
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