Legal Opinion
Robert C. Walker v. Roy A. Girdich, Superintendent of Franklin Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 2005No. Docket 03-2645PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Robert C. Walker appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.), rejecting Walker’s Batson challenge to the alleged exclusion of African-Americans from the jury in his state trial and denying on that basis Walker’s petition for habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A Batson motion is, assessed in three steps: (1) Has the movant made a prima facie case that the right of peremptory challenge has been exercised in a discriminatory manner? (2) Has the party exercising the challenge…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Julio Cesar Vasquez-LopezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Darnell Deberry v. Leonard A. PortuondoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Eric Jenkins, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by13 opinions
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