Legal Opinion
Constantino Carrera v. Robert Ayers, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2012No. 08-99007PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Constantino Carr-era was found guilty in 1983 of first-degree murder of two people during a robbery. Carrera is Hispanic. The victims were white. During voir dire, the prosecutor peremptorily challenged 75 percent of the Hispanie-surnamed venirepersons. By contrast, he peremptorily challenged only 26 percent of the white, non-Hispanic-surnamed venirepersons. At the time of Carrera’s trial, People v. Wheeler, 22 Cal.3d 258, 148 Cal.Rptr. 890, 583 P.2d 748 (Cal.1978), which held the use of peremptory challenges to strike venirepersons based…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Johnson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Graham S Henry v. Charles RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- John Doe v. Robert Ayers, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Hernandez v. ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
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