Legal Opinion
Lemuel Carter, Jr. v. Michael Kemna Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon, Missouri Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2001No. 00-2323PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The State of Missouri charged Lemuel Carter, Jr. with second-degree murder, robbery, assault, and armed criminal action. During jury selection at Carter’s trial, the prosecution used a peremptory challenge to exclude an African-American, Mr. Hurst, from the pool of potential alternate jurors. Carter objected asserting the *591exclusion was based solely on Hurst’s race in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). At a Batson hearing, the prosecution stated Hurst was challenged because he did not respond consistently to written and oral…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Vasquez v. HillerySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Penry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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