From the intro:This edition, noting decisions from October 16 to October 27, has a large number of favorable and / or notable opinions.Two "checklist" cases of what to do and not to do are noted, Ex parte Gabriel Gonzales, from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and Spisak v. [read post]

” He alleged that the prosecutor had used his peremptory challenges to keep more Blacks from serving on his jury.In Batson v Kentucky, the Court held that “While a defendant is not entitled to have a jury completely or partially composed of people of his own race, the state is not permitted to use its peremptory challenges to automatically exclude potential members of the jury because of their race. [read post]