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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1986-12-12
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gptkbp:citation
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476 U.S. 79
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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1986-04-30
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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84-6263
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Prosecutors may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely on the basis of race.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Batson v. Kentucky
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:constitutional_law
criminal procedure
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gptkbp:legalBasis
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gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
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gptkbp:legalImpact
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Established the Batson challenge
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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Swain v. Alabama
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gptkbp:petitioner
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James Kirkland Batson
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gptkbp:principle
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Prohibits race-based exclusion of jurors
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Kentucky
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gptkbp:subject
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racial discrimination
jury selection
peremptory challenge
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gptkbp:subsequentCases
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J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
Georgia v. McCollum
Powers v. Ohio
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_C._Batson
gptkb:510_U.S._569
gptkb:Flowers_v._Mississippi
gptkb:Batson
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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