Fair Cross Section
Jeff Welty
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided Berghuis v. Smith, a case in which the defendant claimed that the pool from which his jury was selected was not a fair […]
March 2, 2010
Jury Selection and Attorneys as Agents of Their Clients
Jeff Welty
Who has the final say about whether to strike a prospective juror – the defendant or his lawyer? That’s the question addressed by the court of appeals today in State […]
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Rivera v. Illinois and “Reverse Batson”
Jeff Welty
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Supreme Court held that prosecutors could not exercise peremptory challenges based on race. In Georgia v. McCollum, 505 U.S. 42 (1992), […]
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