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due processperemptory challengesharmless error
Rivera v. Illinois
556 U. S. 148
Key Principle
Because peremptory challenges are not of federal constitutional dimension, a trial court's good-faith erroneous denial of a defendant's peremptory challenge does not violate due process and does not require automatic reversal, provided that all jurors actually seated were qualified and unbiased.
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