Legal Opinion
Jones v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 1993No. 91-1821PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Kevin Jones appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). In his application for habeas relief, Jones argued that at trial the prosecution used its preemptory challenges to strike black persons from the jury in violation of his right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We find, pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), that Jones established a prima facie case of purposeful…
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- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by52 opinions
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