“Because we determine that Mr. Adkins is entitled to habeas relief based on his Batson claim, we do not decide his other claims.”

The rule in Alabama at the time of the trial was that white defendants lacked standing to challenge peremptory strikes of black jurors. In 1991, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Powers v. Ohio, which held that “a criminal defendant may object to race-based exclusions of jurors effected through peremptory challenges whether or not the defendant and the excluded juror share the same races.”

  • Ricky D. Adkins v. Warden, Holman CF, et al (Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
  • 11th Circuit Grants Stay of Execution to Mentally Retarded Inmate (FindLaw’s Eleventh Circuit Blog)
  • AEDPA Deference Despite Prosecutor’s Improper Closing (FindLaw’s Tenth Circuit Blog)

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