FOSTER v. CHATMAN

No. 14-8349.

136 S.Ct. 1737 (2016)

Timothy Tyrone FOSTER, Petitioner v. Bruce CHATMAN, Warden.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Bright , Atlanta, GA, for petitioner.

Beth A. Burton , for respondent.

Stephen B. Bright , Patrick Mulvaney , Palmer Singleton , Katherine Chamblee , Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for petitioner.

Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Beth A. Burton , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Sabrina D. Graham , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richard W. Tangum , Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


Petitioner Timothy Foster was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in a Georgia court. During jury selection at his trial, the State exercised peremptory strikes against all four black prospective jurors qualified to serve. Foster argued that the State's use of those strikes...

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