In DUI trials you may not be entitled to a peremptory challenge

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Dan Jaffe

In an opinion issued on March 31, 2009, the United States Supreme Court held that peremptory challenges in criminal cases flows from the states and is not constitutionally mandated.

Read the full opinion here.

Essentially, if the State court denies you the right to strike a juror, SCOTUS doesn't care.

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