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U.S. v. Thomas, No. 00-1593(L) (2nd Cir.) (320 F.3d 315) (February 19, 2003) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)

In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids a prosecutor from using peremptory challenges to exclude African-Americans from jury service because of their race. The Court then articulated a three-step process for proving such violations. First, ...

 

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