Legal Opinion
Thomas Nevius v. George Sumner, Director of Department of Prisons, and Brian McKay Attorney General of the State of Nevada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1988No. 86-2878PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Nevius appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Nevius contends that (1) the prosecutor’s improper exercise of his peremptory challenges against minority veniremen deprived Nevius of a representative petit jury in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments; (2) the district court improperly denied Nevius’ request for an evidentiary hearing; (3) prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments to the jury constituted reversible error; and (4) the indictment was defective in alleging first degree murder.
BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by121 opinions
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