Legal Opinion
United States v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 13, 1996No. 95-157PublishedCited by 1,630 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
In this case, we consider the showing necessary for a defendant to be entitled to discovery on a claim that the prosecuting attorney singled him out for prosecution on the basis of his race. We conclude that respondents failed to satisfy the threshold showing: They failed to show that the Government declined to prosecute similarly situated suspects of other races.
In April 1992, respondents were indicted in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and…
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