- Incident
- Yancey v. State
- Location
- Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · US
- Date of the incident
- not in the record
- Decided
- 2026-07-30
- Authority
- Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
- Law involved
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV
- Court case
- No. 2159/24
- Outcome
- Not extracted — read the opinion.
- Remedy
- —
- Status
- Decision to review — the outcome is in the opinion
Alfred Yancey v. State of Maryland, No. 2159, September Term, 2024. Opinion by Nazarian, J. JURY SELECTION – BATSON CHALLENGES – APPELLATE REMEDIES The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights forbid the use of peremptory juror strikes in a racially discriminatory manner. Under Batson v. Kentucky, a trial court must undertake a three-step process whenever a party alleges that their opponent is usi
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