Legal Opinion
Robinson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 21, 2005No. 02-CF-320PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
The exercise of peremptory challenges to discriminate against prospective jurors on the basis of race or gender is unconstitutional. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 88, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986); J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127, 145-46, 114 S.Ct. 1419, 128 L.Ed.2d 89 (1994). Each type of discrimination offends the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and “the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.” Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., 500 U.S. 614, 616, 111 S.Ct. 2077, 114 L.Ed.2d 660 (1991) (citing Bolling…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- Walker v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- State v. GilesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2014
- Moeller v. Blanc, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2009
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