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HOLLAND v. ILLINOIS

No. 88-5050.

493 U.S. 474 (1990)

HOLLAND v. ILLINOIS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Honchell argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Randolph N. Stone, Alison Edwards, and Ronald P. Alwin.

Inge Fryklund argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, and Cecil A. Partee.*

JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

The questions presented by this case are (1) whether a white defendant has standing to raise a Sixth Amendment challenge to the prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude all black potential jurors from his petit jury, and (2) whether such exclusion violates his Sixth Amendment right to trial by an impartial jury.

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Petitioner Daniel Holland...

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