Opinion

Spencer v. Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

  • 484 U.S. 915
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 3289
  • 108 S. Ct. 263
  • 98 L. Ed. 2d 220
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 4328
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 19, 1987
Status
Published
Cited by
44 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.1%

noting that there is "some prejudice ... inherent in any joinder of defendants"

How later courts described this case

  • noting that there is "some prejudice ... inherent in any joinder of defendants"
  • white defendant lacks standing to raise Batson’s equal protection prohibition to striking of black jurors
  • “[U]nder Batson, [the white defendants] could not have made out a prima facie case of discrimination in juror selection in any event.”
  • “[T]he testimony of an accomplice, if believed, is sufficient to sustain a conviction.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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