Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmie L. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1988No. 87-2280PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jimmie L. Wilson, who is a black male, appeals the district court’s determination that the Government did not violate the dictates of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986) when the Government used all six of its peremptory challenges to strike six black people from the jury panel in the criminal case brought against Wilson. Wilson contends the district court applied an incorrect presumption to the Government’s explanations for the strikes and an incorrect standard of proof in determining the neutrality of the Government’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Clyde Major Thompson, AKA Clyde JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- McCray v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. Thurnell Alston, Ervin BrennonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- People v. MacKIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. KingsleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1993
- United States v. Dorothy Williams, Melvin Smith, Eugene Moore, Willie Henry Jenkins, Ralph Lipsey, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Jimmie L. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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