People v. Thompson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margett, J.
The primary issue on this appeal is whether defendant’s right to a trial by an impartial jury, as defined by our State Constitution, was violated by virtue of the prosecutor’s unquestioned use of all of the substantial number of peremptory challenges exercised by him to exclude black *88prospective jurors from the jury.1 Since we conclude that, in the circumstances at bar, the Constitution of this State required the trial court to inquire into the prosecutor’s reasons for the exercise of his peremptory challenges before denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Ex Parte BranchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- State v. NeilSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
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