Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 5, 1988No. 477A87PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBB, Justice.
This appeal brings to the Court two questions. The first is whether there was error in the finding of the superior court that this black defendant’s right to the equal protection of the law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution has not been violated by the discriminatory exclusion of members of his race from the petit jury. The second question involves the procedure which was used in the superior court to determine if such a violation had occurred.
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L.Ed. 2d 69, the United States Supreme Court overruled…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. Clyde Major Thompson, AKA Clyde JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Alicia Davis (85-1153), Duane Davis (85-1178), Kenneth Davis (85-1288), Howard Ransom (85-1366)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by59 opinions
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