Supreme Court of the United States
Snyder v. Louisiana
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- March 19, 2008
- Case
- Snyder v. Louisiana
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Scalia joins, dissenting. Petitioner essentially asks this Court to second-guess the fact-based determinations of the Louisiana courts as to the reasons for a prosecutor’s decision to strike two jurors. The evaluation of a prosecutor’s motives for striking a juror is at bottom a credibility judgment, which lies “ ‘peculiarly within…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Samuel A. Alito Jr. | March 19, 2008 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | March 19, 2008 |