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McCRAY v. ABRAMS

No. 83 C 4406.

576 F.Supp. 1244 (1983)

Michael McCRAY, Petitioner, v. Robert ABRAMS, Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City (Steven R. Shapiro, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Elizabeth Holtzman, Dist. Atty., Kings County, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Barbara D. Underwood, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brooklyn, of counsel), for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICKERSON, District Judge.

Michael McCray brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner, who is black, claims that the prosecutor at his state court trial used her peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory way and that his conviction by a jury so chosen violates his rights under the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.

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