Legal Opinion
Darnell Deberry v. Leonard A. Portuondo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 2005No. 03-2418PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge WALKER concurs in a separate opinion.
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
Darnell DeBerry seeks habeas relief based on a Batson claim centering on peremptory challenges to four African-American jurors. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The Batson Court held that “the Equal Protection Clause forbids the prosecutor to challenge potential jurors solely on account of their race or on the assumption that black jurors as a group will be unable impartially to consider the State’s case against a black defendant,” id. at 89, 106 S.Ct. 1712, and defined a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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