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Castaneda v. Partida  

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  • The question confronting the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1976 review of the criminal conviction of Rodrigo Partida was whether the grand jury that had indicted him had unconstitutionally been composed of an inadequate representation of Hispanics on the panel, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause prohibiting discrimination based on race and ethnicity. More generally, the issue concerned the adequate representation of citizens of racial and ethnic minorities in the determination of criminal guilt or innocence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Castaneda v. Partida]

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  • 1977

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Castaneda_v._Partida

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