Powers v. Ohio
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Powers v. Ohio is a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded Batson v. Kentucky by allowing criminal defendants to challenge racially discriminatory peremptory jury strikes even when the excluded jurors are of a different race than the defendant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Powers v. Ohio canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powers v. Ohio Context triple: [Batson v. Kentucky, laterExtendedBy, Powers v. Ohio]
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Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
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Jacobellis v. Ohio
Jacobellis v. Ohio is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that refined the constitutional standards for obscenity under the First Amendment, famously associated with Justice Potter Stewart’s “I know it when I see it” concurrence.
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Terry v. Ohio
Terry v. Ohio is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legality of police "stop and frisk" searches based on reasonable suspicion rather than probable cause.
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Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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E.
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powers v. Ohio Target entity description: Powers v. Ohio is a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded Batson v. Kentucky by allowing criminal defendants to challenge racially discriminatory peremptory jury strikes even when the excluded jurors are of a different race than the defendant.
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A.
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
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B.
Jacobellis v. Ohio
Jacobellis v. Ohio is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that refined the constitutional standards for obscenity under the First Amendment, famously associated with Justice Potter Stewart’s “I know it when I see it” concurrence.
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C.
Terry v. Ohio
Terry v. Ohio is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legality of police "stop and frisk" searches based on reasonable suspicion rather than probable cause.
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D.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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E.
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ jury selection ⓘ |
| citation |
111 S. Ct. 1364
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113 L. Ed. 2d 411 ⓘ 499 U.S. 400 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause
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linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1991-04-01 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 89-5011 ⓘ |
| expanded | Batson v. Kentucky ⓘ |
| holding |
A criminal defendant has third-party standing to raise the Equal Protection rights of excluded jurors.
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A criminal defendant may object to race-based exclusions of jurors through peremptory challenges whether or not the defendant and the excluded jurors share the same race. ⓘ The Equal Protection Clause prohibits a prosecutor from using peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely on account of their race. ⓘ
linked to:
Batson v. Kentucky
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| impact |
broadened the class of defendants who can challenge racially discriminatory peremptory strikes
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recognized that jurors possess an Equal Protection right not to be excluded from jury service on the basis of race ⓘ |
| joinedDissent | Byron R. White ⓘ |
| joinedMajority |
Antonin Scalia
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David H. Souter ⓘ Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Equal Protection rights of jurors
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peremptory challenges ⓘ racial discrimination in jury selection ⓘ third-party standing ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ |
| overruledOrLimited | prior interpretations of Batson that required racial identity between defendant and excluded jurors ⓘ |
| petitioner | Larry Joe Powers ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | criminal conviction in Ohio state court ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Batson v. Kentucky
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Holland v. Illinois ⓘ |
| respondent | Ohio ⓘ |
| result | conviction vacated and case remanded ⓘ |
| standingDoctrine | third-party standing for criminal defendants to assert jurors’ Equal Protection rights ⓘ |
| stateParty | Ohio ⓘ |
| term | 1990 Term ⓘ |
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Subject: Powers v. Ohio Description of subject: Powers v. Ohio is a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded Batson v. Kentucky by allowing criminal defendants to challenge racially discriminatory peremptory jury strikes even when the excluded jurors are of a different race than the defendant.
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