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Foster V Chatman

The Gavel · 14-8349 · 578 U.S. 488

Foster v. Chatman

Foster v. Chatman

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Docket: 14-8349
Term: OT 2015
Status: Decided
Decided: May 23, 2016

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SCOTUS merits case argued in OT 2015.

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Foster v. Chatman
May 23, 2016 · Roberts, Thomas · 578 U.S. 488
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Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. 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 was racially motivated, in violation of our decision in Batson v. Kentucky,…