Foster v. Chatman
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
Petitioner Timothy Foster was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in a Georgia court. During jury selection at his trial, the State exercised peremptory strikes against all four black prospective jurors qualified to serve. Foster argued that the State's use of those strikes was racially motivated, in violation of our decision in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The trial court and the Georgia Supreme Court rejected Foster's Batson claim.
Foster then sought a writ of habeas corpus from the Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia, renewing his…
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