Amadeo v. Zant

Amadeo v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1988
Full case name	Amadeo v. Zant
Citations	486 U.S. 214 (more)
Holding
A convicted person may use habeas corpus to challenge their conviction if they later learn that the prosecution racially discriminated in jury selection.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinion
Majority	Marshall, joined by unanimous

Amadeo v. Zant, 486 U.S. 214 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a convicted person may use habeas corpus to challenge their conviction if they later learn that the prosecution racially discriminated in jury selection.^[1][2]

References

1. Amadeo v. Zant, 486 U.S. 214 (1988)
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Habeas Corpus". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 223.

See also

• Batson v. Kentucky

External links

• Text of Amadeo v. Zant, 486 U.S. 214 (1988) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia