Legal Opinion

Ronald Troupe v. Michael T. Groose

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 11, 1995No. 95-1771EMPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Troupe was convicted by a Missouri state jury of kidnapping, sodomy, and assault of a twelve-year-old boy. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed Troupe’s convictions. State v. Troupe, 863 S.W.2d 633 (Mo.Ct.App.1993). Troupe then brought this federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Troupe’s petition, and we affirm.

Troupe asserts the State improperly used peremptory challenges to remove black jurors from the venire panel based on their race, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Lana L. Anderson v. Bryan Goeke, Superintendent of Renz Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Reginald S. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Terry Gee v. Michael GrooseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  2. Antonio Richardson v. Michael BowersoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  3. Ronnie Parker v. Michael S. Bowersox, Jeremiah W. NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. Harold E. Meadows v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  5. Washington v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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