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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

TypeAuthorFiled
Opinion Samuel A. Alito Jr. March 19, 2008
Dissent Not attributed March 19, 2008