Can a party exercise peremptory rights on the basis of their gender?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. De Gross, 913 F.2d 1417 (9th Cir. 1990):
Whether equal protection principles prohibit a party from exercising peremptory challenges on the basis of a venireperson's gender is a question of law that we review de novo. United States v. McConney, 728 F.2d 1195, 1201 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 824, 105 S.Ct. 101, 83 L.Ed.2d 46 (1984).
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