Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Spencer v. Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Spencer v. Pa. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev., 484 U.S. 915 (1987)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-10-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting that there is "some prejudice ... inherent in any joinder of defendants"
  • “[U]nder Batson, [the white defendants] could not have made out a prima facie case of discrimination in juror selection in any event.”
  • white defendant lacks standing to raise Batson's equal protection prohibition to striking of black jurors
  • “[T]he testimony of an accomplice, if believed, is sufficient to sustain a conviction.”

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
48 opinions

Pa. Commw. Ct. Certiorari denied.