Supreme Court of the United States
Snyder v. Louisiana
This writing
- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- March 19, 2008
- Case
- Snyder v. Louisiana
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Auto delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Allen Snyder was convicted of first-degree murder in a Louisiana court and was sentenced to death. He asks us to review a decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court rejecting his claim that the prosecution exercised some of its peremptory jury challenges based on race, in violation of Batson v. K…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Samuel A. Alito Jr. | March 19, 2008 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | March 19, 2008 |