Legal Opinion
Derrick Lesean Lewis v. Gail Lewis, Deputy Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 2003No. 01-56927PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Derrick Lesean Lewis appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. During jury selection before his state court trial for murder, Lewis alleged that race motivated the prosecutor’s peremptory strike of an African American member of the jury venire in violation of his constitutional rights as articulated in Batson v. Kentucky, 1 The state trial court rejected Lewis’s Batson motion, and the state appellate court affirmed. We conclude that the California Court of Appeal unreasonably applied…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Woodford v. VisciottiSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Early v. PackerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by81 opinions
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- Frantz v. HazeyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Robert Murray v. Dora SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Anton E. Barker v. Gary FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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