Title: STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SNYDER

State: louisiana

Issuer: Louisiana Supreme Court

Document:

04/30/2008 "See News Release 031 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents." SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 98-KA-1078 STATE OF LOUISIANA V. ALLEN SNYDER On Remand From The United States Supreme Court PER CURIAM: On remand from the United States Supreme Court, Snyder v.Louisiana, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 1203, 170 L.Ed.2d 175 (2008), and in light of the Supreme Court’s holding that the trial judge committed clear error in rejecting defendant’s claim that the prosecution exercised some of its peremptory challenges based on race, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), which effectively sets aside defendant’s conviction and sentence, we remand this case to the 24 Judicial District Court for further proceedings in accord with the th law.