McCray v. New York

Ct. App. N. Y.;

App. Ct. Ill., 1st Dist.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-1381, 57 N. Y. 2d 542, 443 N. E. 2d 915; No. 82-5840,104 Ill. App. 3d 1205, 437 N. E. 2d 945; No. 82-5910, 420 So. 2d 139.

Opinion of

Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Black-mun and Justice Powell join, respecting the denial of the petitions for writs of certiorari.

My vote to deny certiorari in these cases does not reflect disagreement with Justice Marshall’s appraisal of the importance of the underlying issue — whether the Constitution prohibits the use of peremptory challenges to exclude…