Legal Opinion
People v. Rivera
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2007No. 98609PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karmeier
Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
Defendant, Michael Rivera, was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with two counts of first degree murder. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty and was subsequently sentenced to 85 years’ incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appealed, arguing, that (1) the trial court erred when it sua sponte raised a reverse-Batson (see Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986)) challenge to his use…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by72 opinions
- People v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 2010
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- People v. GlasperIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
- People v. SebbyIllinois Supreme Court · 2018
- Jimenez v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
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