Batson v. Kentucky, No. 84-6263 (U.S. Supreme Court) (476 U.S. 79; 106 S.Ct. 1712) (April 30, 1986) (Justice Powell)
Landmark case that stands for the proposition that where a prosecutor bases peremptory challenges on race, even in just one case, those challenges violate the constitutional rights of both the prospective jurors and the defendant.
In this landmark case the Court held that a defendant's right under the Equal Protection ...
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