LAWS 2180 : 2nd Semester Constitutional History Notes 6.docx
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Gibson v. mississippi (1896): all white jury again even though blacks outnumber white 7,000 v. s. Also, over course of 25 years no african american had ever been on the jury. The court says yeah you are right but you are on trial, just you, so unless you can prove that your trial in of itself is unfair, too bad. Patent v. mississippi (1947): number of eligible black jurors is decreasing. Avery v. georgia (1953): clerk discriminatorily chose jurors. Court says that the state must overcome the discriminatory practices, not the federal court. : smith v. texas (1940): voting case: said that jury should be representative of the community. Now a precedent is set for future cases so that the court can overrule discriminatory practices. 6th amendment: right to have an attorney to right to have a competent attorney, then that was limited by strickland as to what was needed to prove incompetence.
