Legal Opinion
Fisher v. State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1999No. 97-50735PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Barry Fisher appeals the district court’s denial of his writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that the prosecution’s peremptory strike of a venire member based, inter alia, on the venire member’s religion violated the Equal Protection Clause. The State of Texas contends on appeal that this court should affirm based on the doctrines of procedural bar or exhaustion of remedies, or pursuant to the prohibition against creating new constitutional rules of criminal procedure on habeas review under Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989), despite…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by163 opinions
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- Chester McCoy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Finley v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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