Legal Opinion
Brewer v. Marshall, Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 1997No. 96-2321, 97-1207PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Joey A. Brewer, an African American Boston police officer, was charged with the 1988 kidnapping and rape of a fifteen-year-old minority woman. During the jury impanelment for his state court trial, the prosecutor exercised three rounds of his peremptory challenges, including challenges to four black jurors. At the end of these three rounds, and after the prosecutor had announced himself satisfied, defense counsel objected on the ground that the prosecution had purposefully sought to eliminate black 1 jurors. The judge overruled the objection on the ground that it should…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- 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
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
42 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by73 opinions
- Day v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Danny BOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S. Frank THOMPSON, Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Ronald Dale Yeatts v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Tolbert v. PageCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Kenneth Wayne Magouirk v. Michael Phillips, Warden, Winn Correctional Center and Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
68 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.