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Ford Vs. Georgia

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1991

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  1. Batson Vs. Kentucky US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1986
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  2. Naacp Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1959
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  3. U.S. 411 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Ford v. Georgia
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  4. U.S. 411 (1991) Ford v. Georgia
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  5. issues to be tried involved members of the opposite race. In opposing the motion, the prosecution referred to Swain v. Alabama
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  6. the conviction. While Ford's first petition for certiorari was pending in this Court, the Court decided Batson v. Kentucky
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  7. in the defendant's own case. This Court ultimately vacated Ford's conviction and remanded in light of Griffith v. Kentucky
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  8. that any equal protection claim that Ford might have was untimely under the rule the court had stated in State v. Sparks
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  9. to federal review of Ford's claim under Wainwright v. Sykes
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  10. procedural bars to the entertainment of federal constitutional claims. These include the requirement, under James v. Kentucky
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  11. He directed the judge's attention to this Court's decision in Swain v. Alabama
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  12. Taylor v. Louisiana
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  13. service, and thus alluded to the standard for establishing an equal protection violation first described in Swain v. Alabama
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  14. Ford v. State
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  15. Ga. 81, 83, 335 S.E.2d 567, 572 (1985) (quoting Moore v. State
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  16. filed his first petition for certiorari with this Court on January 22, 1986. While it was before us, we held in Batson v. Kentucky
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  17. challenges in that case to strike members of the defendant's race from the jury. Although we soon held in Allen v. Hardy
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  18. retroactive application to all cases pending on direct review or not yet final when Batson was decided. Griffith v. Kentucky
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  19. the petition for certiorari in this case and vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of Griffith. Ford v. Georgia
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  20. the second day of the trial could be treated as timely. The court applied the state procedural rule announced in State v. Sparks
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  21. a claim under the Equal Protection Clause on the evidentiary theory articulated in Batson's antecedent, Swain v. Alabama
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  22. Atlanta v. Columbia
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  23. as well. The Supreme Court of Georgia, nonetheless, rested its contrary conclusion on the rule announced in State v. Sparks
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  24. to petitioner's claim, citing our decision in Wainwright v. Sykes
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  25. Id. at 357 U. S. 457 . In James v. Kentucky
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  26. Barr v. City
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  27. protection violation under Swain failed to raise a Batson claim and in apparently relying on Wainwright v. Sykes
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  28. punishment if found guilty, or to inject racial prejudice into the fact finding process of the jury. See McCray vs. New
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  29. Taylor v. Louisana
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  30. Ga. 661, 663, 362 S.E.2d 764, 766 (1987). This suggests the possibility that the state court did not read Swain v. Alabama
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  31. hold that petitioner's objection was insufficiently specific to his own jury to raise either a Swain or a Batson v. Kentucky
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  32. The defendant in State v. Sparks
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  33. U.S. Supreme Court Ford v. Georgia
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  34. Swain v. Alabama
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  35. of Griffith v. Kentucky
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  36. State v. Sparks
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  37. Wainwright v. Sykes
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  38. James v. Kentucky
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  39. Taylor v. Louisiana
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  40. Ford v. State
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  41. Moore v. State
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  42. Allen v. Hardy
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  43. Griffith v. Kentucky
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  44. of Griffith. Ford v. Georgia
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  45. In James v. Kentucky
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  46. Barr v. City
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  47. See McCray v. New
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