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Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349 (U.S. Supreme Court) (578 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 1737) (May 23, 2016) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)

Loaded on Dec. 26, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists May 30, 2016
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Peremptory Challenges.

In this decision, the Supreme Court held, by a 7-1 vote, that the conviction and death sentence twenty-nine years ago of a young black man, Timothy Tyrone Foster of Rome, Ga., for murdering and sexually assaulting a 79 year-old white woman, was unconstitutional, based on the prosecution’s use of peremptory ...

 

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  1. Betterman v. Montana, No. 14-1457 (U.S. Supreme Court) (578 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 1609) (May 19, 2016) (Justice Ginsburg)
  2. Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349 (U.S. Supreme Court) (578 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 1737) (May 23, 2016) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)
  3. Luna Torres v. Lynch, No. 14-1096 (U.S. Supreme Court) (578 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 1619) (May 16, 2016) (Justice Kagan)
  4. U.S. v. Von Behren, No. 15-1033 (10th Cir.) (822 F.3d 1139) (May 10, 2016) (Judge Stephanie K. Seymour)
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