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Rivera Vs. Illinois

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  • Mar 31, 2009

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  8. Syllabus October Term, 2008 Rivera V. Illinois
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  9. against him. The trial court rejected the peremptory challenge out of concern that it was discriminatory. Under Batson v. Kentucky
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  10. its own laws. There is no freestanding constitutional right to peremptory challenges. See, e.g. , United States v. Martinez-Salazar
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  11. U. S. 81 , 89, which a State may decline to offer at all, Georgia v. McCollum
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  12. a state-provided peremptory challenge does not, without more, violate the Federal Constitution. See, e.g., Engle v. Isaac
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  13. a state-provided peremptory challenge requires reversal as a matter of federal law. He relies on a suggestion in Swain v. Alabama
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  14. to adjudicate the controversy, resulting in a judgment invalid as a matter of federal law. See , e.g. , Nguyen v. United
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  15. Ill. 2d 1, 879 N. E. 2d 876, affirmed. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Rivera v. Illinois
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  16. Opinion of the Court Rivera V. Illinois
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  17. Supreme Court of the United States No. 07-9995 Michael Rivera, Petitioner V. Illinois
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  18. Under Batson v. Kentucky
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  19. Id ., at 16, 879 N. E. 2d, at 885 (quoting Swain v. Alabama
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  20. N. E. 2d, at 887 (citing Washington v. Recuenco
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  21. Id., at 21, 879 N. E. 2d, at 887 (quoting Neder v. United
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  22. s conviction as a matter of federal law. Compare Angus v. State
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  23. State v. Vreen
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  24. same), with People v. Bell
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  25. have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in their state-provided peremptory challenge rights. Cf. Evitts v. Lucey
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  26. and have made clear that a State may decline to offer them at all. McCollum , 505 U. S., at 57. See also Holland v. Illinois
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  27. Frazier v. United
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  28. U. S. 107 , 121, n. 21 (1982) (internal quotation marks omitted). See also Estelle v. McGuire
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  29. U. S., at 86, 87. Similarly, dismissal of a juror in violation of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  30. we have held, is constitutional error that requires vacation of a death sentence. See Gray v. Mississippi
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  31. U. S. 648 (1987). See also Gomez v. United
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  32. We have held the resulting judgment in such cases invalid as a matter of federal law. See , e.g. , Nguyen v. United
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  33. s case file) (detailing peremptory challenge rules by State). Footnote 2 Under Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  34. Swain v. Alabama
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  35. Nguyen v. United
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  36. Court. Rivera v. Illinois
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  37. Michael Rivera, Petitioner V. Illinois
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  38. Neder v. United
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  39. Compare Angus v. State
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  40. People v. Bell
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  41. Cf. Evitts v. Lucey
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  42. Holland v. Illinois
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  43. of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  44. See Gray v. Mississippi
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  45. Gomez v. United
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  46. Under Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  47. Engle v. Isaac
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