PURKETT v. ELEM

No. 94-802.

514 U.S. 765 (1995)

PURKETT, SUPERINTENDENT, FARMINGTON CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. ELEM

United States Supreme Court.

Decided May 15, 1995.


Per Curiam.

Respondent was convicted of second-degree robbery in a Missouri court. During jury selection, he objected to the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to strike two black men from the jury panel, an objection arguably based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). The prosecutor explained his strikes:

"I struck [juror] number twenty-two because of his...

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