United States Supreme Court

When a prisoner is seeking a certificate of appealability (COA) under 28 U.S.C. section 2254, the court of appeals should limit its examination to a threshold inquiry into the underlying merit of the claim, and the circuit court should have issued a COA on petitioner's Batson claims of race-based peremptory challenges to jurors.

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• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

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