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Louisiana Supreme Court Vacates Conviction for Batson Violation
Loaded on Feb. 14, 2019
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Criminal Legal News
March, 2019, page 21
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Judicial Misconduct,
Discrimination,
Racial Discrimination.
Location:
Louisiana.
by Christopher Zoukis
The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed a court of appeals determination that a trial court erred when it denied a Batson challenge to the State striking one of two black jurors from a criminal trial panel because the trial court rejected the State’s first reason for ...
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