Thaler v. Haynes

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559 U. S. ____

(2010) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RICK THALER, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTI- TUTIONS DIVISION v. ANTHONY CARDELL HAYNES ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 09–273. Decided February 22, 2010 PER CURIAM. This case presents the question whether any decision of this Court “clearly establishes” that a judge, in ruling on an objection to a peremptory challenge under Batson v. Kentucky,

476 U. S. 79

(1986), must reject a demeanor based explanation for the…