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United States Vs. Armstrong

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 13, 1996

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  8. U.S. 456 (1996) October Term, 1995 Syllabus United States V. Armstrong
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  9. whether to prosecute may not be based 457 on an arbitrary classification such as race or religion. Oyler v. Boles
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  10. race case, the claimant must show that similarly situated individuals of a different race were not prosecuted. Ah Sin v. Wittman
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  11. U. S. 500 . Batson v. Kentucky
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  12. U. S. 79 , and Hunter v. Underwood
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  13. Assuming that discovery is available on an appropriate showing in aid of a selective-prosecution claim, see Wade v. United
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  14. to obtain discovery. 21 F.3d 1431 , 1436 (1994) (quoting United States v. Wayte
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  15. against the Government's case in chief, but not to the preparation of selective-prosecution claims. In Wade v. United
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  16. cf. United States v. Mezzanatto
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  17. of the Executive. Heckler v. Chaney
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  18. to enforce the Nation's criminal laws. Wayte v. United
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  19. States, 470 U. S. 598 , 607 (1985) (quoting United States v. Goodwin
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  20. United States v. Chemical
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  21. these constraints, imposed by the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, Bolling v. Sharpe
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  22. of equal protection of the law. Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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  23. of a different race were not prosecuted. This requirement has been established in our case law since Ah Sin v. Wittman
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  24. the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, the power to prosecute. Respondents urge that cases such as Batson v. Kentucky
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  25. U. S. 79 (1986), and Hunter v. Underwood
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  26. the law in question, id., at 227 (quoting Underwood v. Hunter
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  27. discriminatory effect and discriminatory intent. United States v. Berrios
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  28. been prosecuted, but were not, and this requirement is consistent with our equal protection case law. United States v. Parham
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  29. United States v. Fares
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  30. United States v. Peete
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  31. C. E. Carlson, Inc. v. SEC
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  32. United States v. Greenwood
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  33. United States v. Mitchell
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  34. is discoverable only on a substantial showing of 'necessity or justification''') (quoting Hickman v. Taylor
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  35. J. Ghent, Development, Since Hickman v. Taylor
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  36. Rule. See, e. g., Advisory Committee's Notes on Rule 16, 18 U. S. C. App., pp. 762, 763 (discussion of Brady v. Maryland
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  37. Wayte v. United
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  38. United States v. Balk
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  40. United States v. Hinds
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  41. enforcement and the need for careful scrutiny of any colorable claim of discriminatory enforcement. Cf. McCleskey v. Kemp
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  42. Syllabus United States V. Armstrong
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  43. Batson v. Kentucky
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  44. and Hunter v. Underwood
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  45. Wade v. United
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  46. United States v. Wayte
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  47. In Wade v. United
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  48. of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, Bolling v. Sharpe
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  49. Underwood v. Hunter
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  50. United States v. Berrios
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