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In oral arguments on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed reluctant to hand down a ruling granting automatic reversal of a conviction where a trial judge improperly denied a defense attorney's peremptory challenge. The case, Rivera v. Illinois, stems from the first-degree murder conviction of Michael Rivera for the shooting death of an African- American man.
... this Court “clearly establishes” that a judge, in ruling on an objection to a peremptory challen... a demeanor-based explanation for the challenge unless the judge personally observed and recalls t...
... dire, Leesville used two of its three peremptory challenges authorized by statute to remove black p... government officials, including the trial judge, himself a state actor, who exercises substantial ...
... Richard L. Voorhees, District Judge. (3:97-cr-00023-RLV-1). ... that prosecutors had exercised their peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner to ...
...'s capital murder trial, the trial judge in eight instances denied the prosecutor's motions...The prosecutor used peremptory challenges to remove those eight panel members. Wh...
... state court of petitioner, a black man, the judge conducted voir dire examination of the jury venire...The prosecutor then used his peremptory challenges to strike all four black persons on the...
... trial, his counsel sought to use a peremptory challenge to excuse venire member Deloris Gomez. R...Pp. 6–8. (b) The trial judge’s refusal to excuse Gomez did not deprive Rivera of ...
... Richard L. Voorhees, District Judge. (3:97-cr-00023-RLV-1). ... that prosecutors had exercised their peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner to ...
... Richard L. Voorhees, District Judge. (3:97-cr-00023-RLV-1). ... that prosecutors had exercised their peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner to ...
... Richard L. Voorhees, District Judge. (3:97-cr-00023-RLV-1). ... that prosecutors had exercised their peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner to ...
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