Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Kyle

102 L. Ed. 2d 591

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-12-12
Topic
general

crediting prosecutor’s race-neutral explanation that juror was inattentive because she yawned several times, had her eyes closed and did not answer a question posed by the court | affidavits submitted, ex parte review of prosecutor’s notes allowed, and adversarial hearing held, but no evidentiary hearing | prosecution decisions concerning use of peremptory challenges necessarily based in part on jurors’ questionnaires | affidavit, adversary hearing, and argument allowed, but evidentiary hearing denied | prosecutor may strike individual perceived as hostile | prosecutor may strike individual perceived as inattentive | prosecutor may strike individual perceived as hostile | prosecutor may strike individual perceived as hostile | prosecutor may strike individual perceived as hostile

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C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of respondent Fred Kyle for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.