Snyder v. Louisiana, No. 06-10119 (U.S. Supreme Court) (552 U.S. 472; 128 S.Ct. 1203) (March 19, 2008) (Justice Alito)
Allen Snyder, an African-American, was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder in a Louisiana state court and he was sentenced to death. In the jury selection process, there were nine blacks in a pool of 85 eligible potential jurors. The state removed four of the blacks for stated causes, and ...
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