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SwaIn Vs. Alabama

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 08, 1965

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  2. Cassell Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1950
  3. Tarrance Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1903
  4. Bush Vs. Kentucky US Supreme Court · Jan 29, 1883
  5. Patton Vs. Mississippi US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1947
  6. Hernandez Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · May 03, 1954
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  8. Avery Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · May 25, 1953
  9. Hayes Vs. Missouri US Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1887
  10. U.S. 202 (1965) U.S. Supreme Court Swain v. Alabama
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  11. U.S. 202 (1965) Swain v. Alabama
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  12. U.S. 915. In support of his claims, petitioner invokes the constitutional principle announced in 1880 in Strauder v. West
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  13. U. S. 565 . This principle was further elaborated in Carter v. Texas
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  14. Smith v. Texas
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  15. to Negroes. It applies to any identifiable group in the community which may be the subject of prejudice. Hernandez v. Texas
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  16. U. S. 475 . But purposeful discrimination may not be assumed or merely asserted. Brownfield v. South
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  17. Smith v. Mississippi
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  18. U. S. 110 . It must be proven, Tarrance v. Florida
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  19. Martin v. Texas
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  20. U. S. 316 , the quantum of proof necessary being a matter of federal law. Norris v. Alabama
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  21. that Alabama has not totally excluded a racial group from either grand or petit jury panels, as was the case in Norris v. Alabama
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  22. Hill v. Texas
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  23. and Reece v. Georgia
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  24. on these panels as constituting forbidden token inclusion within the meaning of the cases in this Court. Thomas v. Texas
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  25. of his race on the jury which tries him, nor on the venire or jury roll from which petit jurors are drawn. Virginia v. Rives
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  26. Thomas v. Texas
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  27. See Thomas v. Texas
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  28. demonstrate the long and widely held belief that peremptory challenge is a necessary part of trial by jury. See Lewis v. United
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  29. Stilson v. United
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  30. Pointer v. United
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  31. U. S. 408 . The denial or impairment of the right is reversible error without a showing of prejudice, Lewis v. United
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  32. Harrison v. United
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  33. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R. Co. v. Shane
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  34. Lewis v. United
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  35. it is one exercised without a reason stated, without inquiry, and without being subject to the court's control. State v. Thompson
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  36. peremptory permits rejection for a real or imagined partiality that is less easily designated or demonstrable. Hayes v. Missouri
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  37. well known that these factors are widely explored during the voir dire , by both prosecutor and accused, Miles v. United
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  38. Aldridge v. United
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  39. that no Negroes ever serve on petit juries, the Fourteenth Amendment claim takes on added significance. Cf. Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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  40. demonstrate that the rule has been violated by the peremptory system as it operates in Talladega County. Cf. Glasser v. United
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  41. prima facie case of purposeful discrimination on the part of the State, and that the continued vitality of Strauder v. West
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Swain v. Alabama
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  43. Strauder v. West
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  44. Carter v. Texas
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  45. Brownfield v. South
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  46. Norris v. Alabama
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  47. Court. Thomas v. Texas
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  48. Virginia v. Rives
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  49. See Lewis v. United
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  50. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R. Co. v. Shane
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