Powers v. Ohio
E821202
Powers v. Ohio is a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded Batson v. Kentucky by allowing criminal defendants to challenge racially discriminatory peremptory jury strikes even when the excluded jurors are of a different race than the defendant.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ jury selection ⓘ |
| citation |
111 S. Ct. 1364
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113 L. Ed. 2d 411 ⓘ 499 U.S. 400 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1991-04-01 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 89-5011 ⓘ |
| expanded | Batson v. Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
A criminal defendant has third-party standing to raise the Equal Protection rights of excluded jurors.
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A criminal defendant may object to race-based exclusions of jurors through peremptory challenges whether or not the defendant and the excluded jurors share the same race. ⓘ The Equal Protection Clause prohibits a prosecutor from using peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely on account of their race. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
broadened the class of defendants who can challenge racially discriminatory peremptory strikes
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recognized that jurors possess an Equal Protection right not to be excluded from jury service on the basis of race ⓘ |
| joinedDissent | Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedMajority |
Antonin Scalia
NERFINISHED
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David H. Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Equal Protection rights of jurors
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peremptory challenges ⓘ racial discrimination in jury selection ⓘ third-party standing ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledOrLimited | prior interpretations of Batson that required racial identity between defendant and excluded jurors ⓘ |
| petitioner | Larry Joe Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | criminal conviction in Ohio state court ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Batson v. Kentucky
NERFINISHED
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Holland v. Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | conviction vacated and case remanded ⓘ |
| standingDoctrine | third-party standing for criminal defendants to assert jurors’ Equal Protection rights ⓘ |
| stateParty | Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| term | 1990 Term ⓘ |
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