"What's so Magic[al] About Black Women?" Peremptory Challenges at the Intersection of Race and Gender

Authors

Jean Montoya, University of San Diego School of LawFollow

Abstract

This Article addresses the evolving constitutional restraints on the exercise of peremptory challenges in jury selection. Approximately ten years ago, in the landmark case of Batson v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause forbids prosecutors to exercise race-based peremptory challenges, at least when the excluded jurors and the defendant share the same race. Over the next ten years, the Court extended Batson's reach.

Recommended Citation

Jean Montoya, "What's so Magic[al] About Black Women?" Peremptory Challenges at the Intersection of Race and Gender, 3 Mich. J. Gender & L. 369 (1996).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol3/iss2/1