Legal Opinion
United States v. Watson, Dwight W.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 13, 2007No. 04-3082, 04-3090PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
The principal question in this appeal is whether the prosecutor’s peremptory challenge of two visually impaired (“blind”) jurors was lawful under the rule of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Watson contends that the rule established in Batson requiring heightened scrutiny of peremptory challenges on the basis of race should be extended to the blind in view of the long history of prejudice and discrimination against the disabled and the Supreme Court’s suggestion in Tennessee v.…
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