Topic: the denial or impairment of the right is reversible error w… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 91 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Swain v. Alabama.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Swain v. Alabama Anchor
scotus · 1965
red “the denial or impairment of the right is reversible error without a showing of prejudice.” 67
2 Georgia v. McCollum
scotus · 1992
green “peremptory challenges are not constitutionally protected fundamental rights; rather, they are but one state-created means to the constitutional end of an impartial jury and a fair trial.” 24

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