Purkett v. Elem

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1995-05-15

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*766 Per Curiam. Respondent was convicted of second-degree robbery in a Missouri court. During jury selection, he objected to the prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges to strike two black men from the jury panel, an objection arguably based on Batson v. Kentucky, <a href="/opinion/111662/batson-v-kentucky/" a…

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