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race-neutral reason challenge in Minnesota

10 Minnesota opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2017 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Minnesota courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Batson v. Kentuckygreen
scotus · 1986 · cited in 5 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 1998–2002
2 sentences

2002Id. at 97 , 106 S.Ct. at 1723 .

2002Id. at 97 , 106 S.Ct. at 1723 .

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State v. Greenleafgreen
minn · 1999 · cited in 3 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2012–2015
2 sentences

2015Greenleaf, 591 N.W.2d at 500 .

2012Regarding the State’s first proffered reason for the peremptory strike, we have “consistently held that a family member’s involvement with the legal system is a legitimate race-neutral reason for the State to exercise a peremptory challenge.” Martin, 773 N.W.2d at 104 (citations omitted); see State v. Reiners, 664 N.W.2d 826, 832 (Minn.2003) (involvement of a prospective juror or a close family member in law enforcement is a race-neutral reason for challenge); Greenleaf, 591 N.W.2d at 501 (prospective juror’s “sympathy for a brother in prison” was a race-neutral reason for challenge).

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State v. Reinersgreen
minn · 2003 · cited in 2 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2007–2012
2 sentences

2012Regarding the State’s first proffered reason for the peremptory strike, we have “consistently held that a family member’s involvement with the legal system is a legitimate race-neutral reason for the State to exercise a peremptory challenge.” Martin, 773 N.W.2d at 104 (citations omitted); see State v. Reiners, 664 N.W.2d 826, 832 (Minn.2003) (involvement of a prospective juror or a close family member in law enforcement is a race-neutral reason for challenge); Greenleaf, 591 N.W.2d at 501 (prospective juror’s “sympathy for a brother in prison” was a race-neutral reason for challenge).

2007“The importance of clarity at each step of the analysis is that the opponent has the burden of proving a prima facie case, the proponent has the burden of production of a race-neutral explanation, and the opponent has the ultimate burden of proving pretext and discriminatory intent.” Reiners, 664 N.W.2d at 832 .

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State v. Martingreen
minn · 2009 · cited in 1 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012Regarding the State’s first proffered reason for the peremptory strike, we have “consistently held that a family member’s involvement with the legal system is a legitimate race-neutral reason for the State to exercise a peremptory challenge.” Martin, 773 N.W.2d at 104 (citations omitted); see State v. Reiners, 664 N.W.2d 826, 832 (Minn.2003) (involvement of a prospective juror or a close family member in law enforcement is a race-neutral reason for challenge); Greenleaf, 591 N.W.2d at 501 (prospective juror’s “sympathy for a brother in prison” was a race-neutral reason for challenge).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Minnesota. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
State of Minnesota v. Maureen Ndidiamaka Onyelobi green
minn · 2016
2 sentences

2017Id.

2017A party satisfies this burden by showing two things: “(1) that [one or more] member[s] of a racial minority has been peremptorily excluded and (2) that circumstances of the case raise an inference that the exclusion was based on race.” Id. (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted).' Once the opponent satisfies this burden, the burden shifts to the party who exercised the peremptory challenge to articulate a race-neutral reason for the challenge.

12017–2017

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MN § Minn. Stat. § 609.185 (4) MN § Minn. Stat. § 609.05 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TN 24 (1992–2021) TX 11 (1997–2023) MN 10 (1998–2017) IL 9 (2000–2025) NY 8 (1993–2022) FL 7 (1998–2006) MA 5 (1991–2022) MS 4 (1994–2002) CA 2 (2013–2015)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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