Miller-El v. Dretke, No. 03-9659 (U.S. Supreme Court) (545 U.S. 231; 125 S.Ct. 2317) (June 13, 2005) (Justice Souter)
In 1986, the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), relating to the use of peremptory challenges for discriminatory purposes. In that case the Court held that when a prosecutor bases peremptory challenges on race, even in just one case, those challenges violate ...
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