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672 A.2d 785

Commonwealth v. Rico

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1996

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1996-03-18

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 2001

2 state decisions

Relies on Batson v. Kentucky

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Decided 1996-03-18

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM:

¶2AND NOW, this 18th day of March, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, and oral argument is limited to the issue of whether Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), applies where the prosecutor in a case allegedly involving organized crime has exercised peremptory challenges to disqualify prospective jurors of Italian descent.

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