{"id":9955,"date":"2017-11-29T05:19:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T05:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9955"},"modified":"2017-11-29T05:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T05:32:25","slug":"batson-challenge-object-that-an-opposing-party-has-used-a-peremptory-challenge-to-exclude-a-potential-juror-on-the-basis-of-race-ethnicity-or-sex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9955","title":{"rendered":"Batson Challenge (and Batson Rule) – object that an opposing party has used a peremptory challenge to exclude a potential juror on the basis of race, ethnicity, or sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Batson<\/em> challenge<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1987)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Procedure<\/em>. An objection that an opposing party has used a peremptory challenge to exclude a potential juror on the basis of race, ethnicity, or sex.\u00a0 *\u00a0 It is named for Batson v. Kentucky<\/em>, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712 (1986)<\/a>, a criminal case in which the prosecution struck potential jurors on the basis of race.\u00a0 The principle of Batson<\/em> was extended in\u00a0later Supreme Court cases to civil litigants (Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co<\/em>., 500 U.S. 614, 111 S.Ct. 2077 (1991)<\/span>) and to criminal-defense attorneys (Georgia v. McCollum<\/em>, 505 U.S. 42, 112 S. Ct. 2348 (1992)<\/span>).\u00a0 The Court also applied it\u00a0<\/span>to peremptory challenges based on a juror\u2019s sex (I.E.B. v. Alabama<\/em>, 511 U.S. 127, 114 S. Ct. 1419 (1994)<\/span>).<\/strong> See Fed. R. Civ. P. 47(b)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Batson<\/em> rule<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(1986)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Criminal procedure.\u00a0<\/em>The doctrine that neither the prosecution nor the defense may engage in the <\/b>discriminatory<\/b><\/span>\u00a0exercise of peremptory challenges, especially with regard to race but also with regard to religion or sex.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Under\u00a0<\/b>Batson v. Kentucky<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the court may deny a peremptory challenge unless the court accepts a non-discriminatory explanation.\u00a0 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986)<\/span>.<\/b> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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