Legal Opinion
Willie James Luckett, Jr. v. Mike Kemna
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2000No. 98-2772PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Willie James Luckett, Jr., was charged with first-degree murder in Missouri state court. During jury selection at Luckett’s trial, the prosecutor used eight of his nine peremptory challenges to exclude potential African-American jurors. The prosecutor also used one of his peremptory challenges to exclude a potential African-American alternate juror. This resulted in a jury with only one African-American member and one African-American alternate. Luckett objected, claiming that the prosecutor exercised the peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. The trial…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. DardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. TokarsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by14 opinions
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