Legal Opinion
Byron K. Morse v. Craig Hanks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 1999No. 97-3608PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
An Indiana state court jury found Byron K. Morse guilty of selling cocaine within 1000 feet of a school. He was also found to be an habitual offender. His appeal to this court raises a simple question under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79,106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the well-known decision regarding the use of peremptory challenges directed at minorities.
Morse is black. The pool from which his jury was selected included one black— Louis Dillard. When the prosecutor used one of his nine peremptory challenges to remove Dillard from the pool, Morse’s attorney was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. Paul R. Stafford, Sr., and Robert L. AllisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Marvin Jerome Horsley, Earl Howard McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Dwayne Coulter v. Jerry GilmoreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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