Thomas Nevius v. George Sumner, Director of Department of Prisons, and Brian McKay Attorney General of the State of Nevada

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1988-07-22

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CANBY, Circuit Judge: Thomas Nevius appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Nevius contends that (1) the prosecutor’s improper exercise of his peremptory challenges against minority veniremen deprived Nevius of a representative petit jury in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendments; (2) the district court improperly denied Nevius’…

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