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''Teague v. Lane'', 489 U.S. 288 (1989), was a
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case dealing with the application of newly announced rules of law in
habeas corpus ''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, t ...
proceedings. This case addresses the Federal Court's threshold standard of deciding whether Constitutional claims will be heard. Application of the "Teague test" at the most basic level limits habeas corpus.


Background

The appeal was from a black defendant who was convicted by an all white jury in Illinois in a state court located in
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. The prosecutor had used all 10 of his peremptory challenges to exclude African American jurors but claimed he was trying to get a balance of men and women on the jury.


Opinion of the Court

The majority held that the actions of the prosecutor did not follow contemporary criminal procedure but that the
Batson challenge ''Batson v. Kentucky'', 476 U.S. 79 (1986), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge in a criminal case—the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doi ...
should not be applied retroactively.


See also

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 489 This is a list of all United States Supreme Court cases from volume 489 of the ''United States Reports The ''United States Reports'' () are the official record ( law reports) of the Supreme Court of the United States. They include rulings, ord ...
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Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume The following is a complete list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court organized by volume of the ''United States Reports'' in which they appear. This is a list of volumes of ''U.S. Reports'', and the links point to the contents of e ...
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List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Rehnquist Court, the tenure of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from September 26, 1986, through September 3, 2005. The cases are listed chronol ...


External links

* {{Equal protection and criminal procedure, jury United States Constitution Article One case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court United States ex post facto case law United States habeas corpus case law 1989 in United States case law Batson challenge case law Government of Cook County, Illinois United States jury case law