United States Seventh Circuit

The prosecution's mid-trial use of a peremptory challenge violated defendants' Fifth Amendment due process right to a fair trial and their Fifth Amendment right to the intelligent exercise of their peremptory challenges.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2000
• Decided 05/08/2001
• Published 05/08/2001

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, Jr., RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Bradley Hunt (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Driefus Harbin., William Bradley Hunt (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Kevin Marshal, Hammond, IN, for Herman Hicks., Richard H. Parsons (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Radar Tyler.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew B. Baker, Jr. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Dyer, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.