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Georgia Vs. Mccollum

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 18, 1992

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  11. U.S. 42 (1992) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Georgia V. Mccollum
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  12. peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed, distinguishing Edmonson v. Leesville
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  13. peremptory challenges offends the Equal Protection Clause when the offending challenges are made by the State, Batson v. Kentucky
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  14. state action for purposes of the Equal Protection Clause under the analytical framework summarized in Lugar v. Edmondson
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  15. that racial discrimination by the State in jury selection offends the Equal Protection Clause. See, e. g., Strauder v. West
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  16. in a civil litigant's exercise of peremptory challenges also violates the Equal Protection Clause. See Edmonson v. Leesville
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  17. respondents therefore would be able to remove all the African-American potential jurors.2 Relying on Batson v. Kentucky
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  18. vote, affirmed the trial court's ruling. 261 Ga. 473, 405 S. E. 2d 688 (1991). The court acknowledged that in Edmonson v. Leesville
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  19. unbroken chain of decisions, this Court gradually has abolished race as a consideration for jury service. In Strauder v. West
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  20. does have the right to be tried by a jury whose members are selected by nondiscriminatory criteria. See also Neal v. Delaware
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  21. that criminal defendants may not exercise peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner. See United States v. Greer
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  22. from jury venire on false assumption that they, as a group, are not qualified to serve as jurors). In Swain v. Alabama
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  23. the use of peremptories over a period of time might establish such a violation. Id., at 224-228. In Batson v. Kentucky
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  24. Id., at 97.4 Last Term this Court applied the Batson framework in two other contexts. In Powers v. Ohio
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  25. also from any prejudice against his prosecution. Between him and the state the scales are to be evenly held.' Hayes v. Missouri
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  26. Id., at 107 (concurring opinion). 48 on the basis of race. In Edmonson v. Leesville
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  27. State v. Alvarado
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  28. in all contexts, violates the Constitution only when it is attributable to state action. See Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
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  29. greater license to violate the equal protection rights of prospective jurors than have prosecutors. See, e. g., State v. Levinson
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  30. People v. Kern
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  31. State v. Neil
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  32. Commonwealth v. Soares
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  33. People v. Wheeler
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  34. P. 2d 748 (1978). 51 Court in Edmonson used the analytical framework summarized in Lugar v. Edmondson
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  35. of a jury in a criminal case fulfills a unique and constitutionally compelled governmental function. Compare Duncan v. Louisiana
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  36. making Sixth Amendment applicable to States through Fourteenth Amendment), with Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Bombolis
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  37. U. S. 211 (1916) (States do not have a constitutional obligation to provide a jury trial in civil cases). Cf. West v. Atkins
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  38. State cannot avoid its constitutional responsibilities by delegating a public function to private parties. Cf. Terry v. Adams
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  39. and the prosecution negates the governmental character of the peremptory challenge. Respondents rely on Polk County v. Dodson
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  40. for a particular purpose depends on the nature and context of the function he is performing. For example, in Branti v. Finkel
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  41. party's exercise of peremptory challenges consti- two inquiries are the same, see, e. g., Rendell-Baker v. Kohn
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  42. U. S. 830 , 838 (1982), and has specifically extended Polk County's reasoning to stateaction cases, see Blum v. Yaretsky
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  43. Evolution of the Court's Treatment and Implications for Georgia v. McCollum
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  44. Peremptory Challeges after Batson v. Kentucky
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  45. Peremptory Challenges after Batson v. Kentucky
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  46. withheld altogether without impairing the constitutional guarantee of an impartial jury and a fair trial. See Frazier v. United
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  47. United States v. Wood
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  48. Stilson v. United
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  49. confidential communications or reveal trial strategy, an in camera discussion can be arranged. See United States v. Zolin
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  50. U. S. 474 , 483 (1990). See also Hayes v. Missouri
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