Legal Opinion
Guzman v. Duncan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 25, 2003No. 02-2405PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
In 1992, petitioner-appellant Gandhi Guzman was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to consecutive 25-years-to-life prison terms. During jury selection in advance of trial, Guzman, objecting to the state’s use of peremptory challenges against black venire members, alleged a violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The trial judge rejected his Batson claim, stating that the defendant had not made out a prima facie case that the prosecutor had exercised his peremptory strikes on the basis of race. See id. at…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- George Overton v. James Newton, Superintendent of the Watertown Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Billy McKinney v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Green Haven Corr. Fac.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009