Georgia v. McCollum

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Georgia v. McCollum is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that criminal defendants, like prosecutors, may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
criminal procedure case
areaOfLaw civil rights law
constitutional law
criminal law
arguedDate 1992-02-26
citation 505 U.S. 42
concurrenceBy Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED
Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED
constitutionalProvision Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED
court Supreme Court of the United States
decidedDate 1992-06-18
decisionDate 1992-06-18
dissentBy Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED
Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED
William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED
docketNumber 91-372
effect Prohibits race-based peremptory strikes by criminal defendants in state and federal courts.
fullCaseName Georgia v. McCollum NERFINISHED
holding Criminal defendants may not use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race.
The Equal Protection Clause prohibits race-based peremptory challenges by criminal defendants. NERFINISHED
joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED
David H. Souter NERFINISHED
John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED
Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED
Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED
William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
legalPrinciple Extension of Batson v. Kentucky to criminal defendants
majorityOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED
page 42
party McCollum NERFINISHED
State of Georgia NERFINISHED
priorHistory McCollum v. State, 261 Ga. 473, 405 S.E.2d 688 (1991) NERFINISHED
rearguedDate 1992-04-22
relatedCase Batson v. Kentucky NERFINISHED
Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. NERFINISHED
Powers v. Ohio NERFINISHED
reporter United States Reports
subjectMatter jury selection
peremptory challenges
racial discrimination in jury selection
volume 505
yearDecided 1992

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Batson v. Kentucky laterExtendedBy Georgia v. McCollum