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Ristaino v. Ross, 424 U.S. 589 (1976)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Ristaino v. Ross, 424 U.S. 589 (1976)
Ristaino v. Ross No. 74-1216 Argued December 9, 1975 Decided March 3, 1976 424 U.S. 589
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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Absent circumstances comparable in significance to those existing in Ham v. South Carolina, 409 U.S. 524, examination of veniremen during voir dire about racial prejudice is held not constitutionally required. In the instant case, which involved the prosecution of respondent, a Negro, for violent crimes against a white security guard, respondent did not show such circumstances. There was thus no error of constitutional dimensions when the state trial judge questioned veniremen about general bias or prejudice but declined to question them specifically about racial prejudice. Pp. 594-598.
508 F.2d 754, reversed.
POWELL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and STEWART, BLACKMUN, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. WHITE, J., filed a statement concurring in the result, post, p. 598. MARSHALL, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BRENNAN, J., joined, post, p. 599. STEVENS, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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