Brown v. United States

476 U.S. 1157 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-06-02 Docket No. 85-5731 English

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p. 1157

No. 85-5731.

Brown v. United States.

C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari is granted limited to the following question: “In cases pending on direct appeal, should the holding in Batson v. Kentucky, ante, p. 79, be given retroactive effect?” Case is set

p. 1158

for oral argument in tandem with No. 85-5221, Griffith v. Kentucky, immediately supra.