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Module 6 Assignment
Margarita Upson, April 8th,2018, Dr. Melynda M. Neal, Race, Ethnicity, and
Crime, CCJ 2671
Hillsborough Community College
Part 1. Explain the holding of Batson v Kentucky.
Batson, a black man, was on trial charged with second-degree burglary and receipt of stolen
goods. During the jury selection, the prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to strike the four
black persons on the venire, resulting in a jury composed of all whites. Batson was convicted on
both of the charges against him. The Court found that the prosecutor’s actions violated the Sixth
and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. Relying heavily on precedents set in Strauder
