Kesser v. Cambra

Status: Closed Case
Latest Update: Feb 2, 2005

Summary

Should a criminal defendant have the burden of proving that a prosecutor's peremptory challenges to all of the Native American jurors in the jury pool were "predominantly" based on race or is it enough to show that one of the reasons for the challenges was based on racial stereotypes?

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