United States Third Circuit

The grant of plaintiff's writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the district court properly concluded that the district attorney engaged in intentional discrimination in jury selection in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2005
• Decided 10/13/2005
• Published 10/13/2005

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, ROTH and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lynne Abraham, District Attorney, Arnold H. Gordon, First Assistant District Attorney, Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Law Division, Thomas W. Dolgenos (Argued), Chief, Federal Litigation, J. Hunter Bennett, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Wiseman (Argued), Capital Habeas Corpus Unit, Federal Court Division, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Christina A. Swarns (Argued), NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for Appellee.