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FLOWERS v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 17-9572.

139 S.Ct. 2228 (2019)

Curtis Giovanni FLOWERS, Petitioner v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheri Lynn Johnson for the petitioner.

Special Assistant Attorney General Jason Davis for the respondent.

Sheri Lynn Johnson , Counsel of Record, Keir M. Weyble , Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, Alison Steiner , Office of the State Public, Defender Capital Defense, Counsel Division, Jackson, MS, for petitioner.

Jim Hood , Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Jason Davis , Counsel of Record, Special Assistant Attorney General, Brad Smith , Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MI, for respondent.

In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), this Court ruled that a State may not discriminate on the basis of race when exercising peremptory challenges against prospective jurors in a criminal trial.

In 1996, Curtis...

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