Davis v. Ayala, No. 13-1428 (U.S. Supreme Court) (576 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 1428) (June 18, 2015) (Justice Alito)
In this case, the Supreme Court split 5 to 4 on the question of AEDPA deference to state-court harmless-error determinations. During jury selection in his triple-murder trial, Hector Ayala, who is Hispanic, objected to the prosecution's peremptory challenges of all seven of the potential black and Hispanic jurors in his …
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