What is Batson v. Kentucky?
{{Infobox SCOTUS case |Litigants=Batson v. Kentucky |ArgueDate=December 12 |ArgueYear=1985 |DecideDate=April 30 |DecideYear=1986 |FullName=Batson v. Kentucky |USVol=476 |USPage=79 |Citation=476 U.S. 79; 106 S. Ct. 1712; 90 L. Ed. 2d 69; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 150; 54 U.S.L.W. 4425 |Prior=Defendant found guilty in [[Kentucky Circuit Courts|Kentucky Circuit Court]]; [[Supreme Court of Kentucky]] affirmed; [[certiorari|cert.]] granted, 471 U.S. 1052 (1985) |Subsequent=Remanded |Holding=''[[Strauder v. West Virginia]]'' reaffirmed; prosecutors may not use race as a factor in making [[peremptory challenge]]s; defendants must only make a ''prima facie'' showing on the evidence from their case to mount a challenge to race-based use of peremptories. |SCOTUS=1981-1986 |Majority=Powell |JoinMajority=Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor |Concurrence=White |Concurrence2=Marshall |Concurrence3=Stevens |JoinConcurrence3=Brennan |Concurrence4=O'Connor |Dissent=Burger |JoinDissent=Rehnquist |Dissent2=Rehnquist |JoinDissent2=Burger |LawsApplied=[[United States Constitution|U.S. Const.]], [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|amend. XIV]] }} '''''Batson v. Kentucky''''', {{ussc|476|79|1986}}, was a [[landmark decision]] in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] ruled that a [[prosecutor]]'s use of [[peremptory challenge]]s in a [[criminal]] [[Legal case|case]] may not be used to [[wikt:exclude|exclude]] [[juror]]s based solely on their [[race (sociology)|race]]. The Court ruled that this practice [[wikt:violate|violate]]d the [[Equal Protection Clause]] of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]]. The case gave rise to the term ''Batson challenge'', an [[wikt:objection|objection]] to a peremptory challenge. This is based on the [[standard]] established by the Supreme Court's decision in this case. Later decisions have resulted in the extension of ''Batson'' to [[Civil law