griffith kentucky argued october decided january batson kentucky ruled state criminal defendant establish prima facie case racial discrimination violative fourteenth amendment based prosecution use peremptory challenges strike members defendant race jury venire defendant made prima facie showing burden shifted prosecution come forward neutral explanation challenges cases concern question whether ruling applies cases pending direct review yet final batson decided petitioner robbery conviction kentucky state affirmed kentucky rejected petitioner claim prosecutor use peremptory challenges strike prospective black jurors deprived petitioner black person guaranteed equal protection similarly petitioner conviction federal district narcotics charges affirmed appeals rejected petitioner claim prosecutor use peremptory challenges exclude black jurors combined call jury clerk violated right petitioner black person impartial jury petitions certiorari cases filed batson decided held new rule conduct criminal prosecutions ruling batson applies retroactively cases state federal pending direct review yet final exception cases new rule constitutes clear break past pp failure apply newly declared constitutional rule criminal cases pending direct review violates basic norms constitutional adjudication announced new rule case selected review integrity judicial review requires apply rule similar cases pending direct review addition selective application new rule violates principle treating similarly situated defendants pp exception general principle new rule governing criminal procedure retroactive cases pending direct review based solely fact new rule clear break past inappropriate principle disregard current law adjudicates case pending direct review applies regardless specific characteristics new rule announced use clear break exception creates problem treating similarly situated defendants fact new rule may constitute clear break past bearing actual inequity results one many similarly situated defendants receives benefit new rule pp blackmun delivered opinion brennan marshall powell stevens scalia joined powell filed concurring opinion post rehnquist filed dissenting opinion post white filed dissenting opinion rehnquist joined post together brown certiorari appeals tenth circuit vincent aprile ii argued cause petitioner brief larry marshall joanne yanish fred haddad argued cause filed brief petitioner paul richwalsky assistant attorney general kentucky argued cause respondent brief david armstrong attorney general david martin assistant attorney general deputy solicitor general bryson argued cause brief solicitor general fried assistant attorney general trott roy englert fn julius levonne chambers charles stephen ralston steven winter filed brief naacp legal defense educational fund et al amici curiae urging reversal cases frances baker jack filed brief national association criminal defense lawyers amicus curiae cases briefs amici curiae filed state north carolina et al lacy thornburg attorney general north carolina joan byers special deputy attorney general charles graddick attorney general alabama robert corbin attorney general arizona john steven clark attorney general arkansas john kelly chief state attorney connecticut charles oberly attorney general delaware corinne watanabe attorney general hawaii neil hartigan attorney general illinois linley pearson attorney general indiana thomas miller attorney general iowa robert stephan attorney general kansas william guste attorney general louisiana stephen sachs attorney general maryland edwin pittman attorney general mississippi william webster attorney general missouri michael turpen attorney general oklahoma travis medlock attorney general south carolina michael cody attorney general tennessee jim mattox attorney general texas david wilkinson attorney general utah mary sue terry attorney general virginia archie mcclintock attorney general wyoming lawyers committee civil rights law barry sullivan marshall schmitt harold tyler james robertson norman redlich william robinson judith winston national legal aid defender association patricia unsinn justice blackmun delivered opinion cases one state one federal concern retrospective application batson kentucky batson ruled defendant state criminal trial establish prima facie case racial discrimination violative fourteenth amendment based prosecution use peremptory challenges strike members defendant race jury venire defendant made prima facie showing burden shifted prosecution come forward neutral explanation challenges present cases consider whether ruling applicable litigation pending direct state federal review yet final batson decided answer question affirmative petitioner randall lamont griffith black person indicted circuit jefferson county batson tried charges robbery theft unlawful taking persistent felony offender second degree app first day trial prosecution defense attorneys conducted voir dire examination jury venire exercised peremptory challenges prosecution used four five allotted challenges strike four five prospective black jurors defense used eight allotted nine challenges strike prospective white jurors two duplicate strikes two extra jurors remained duplicate strikes one black person removed random draw thus black person remained jury defense counsel expressed concern griffith tried jury asked request prosecutor state reasons exercising peremptory challenges four prospective black jurors request refused counsel moved discharge panel alleging prosecutor use peremptory challenges remove one prospective black jurors constituted violation griffith sixth fourteenth amendment rights denied motion jury returned verdict guilty charge robbery fixed petitioner punishment years imprisonment jury found petitioner guilty persistent felony offender pursuant rev stat enhanced sentence years imprisonment kentucky unpublished memorandum opinion affirmed judgment conviction app rejected petitioner claim prosecutor use peremptory challenges deprived guaranteed equal protection relied swain alabama ruled black defendant establish violation equal protection clause solely proof prosecutor use peremptory challenges strike black jurors defendant trial noted however inference purposeful discrimination raised prosecutor engaged pattern challenging black jurors series cases see kentucky concluded swain disposed petitioner claim decline go swain app griffith timely filed petition writ certiorari petition pending decided batson kentucky supra rejected portion reasoning swain alabama kentucky relied two months later allen hardy per curiam held ruling batson applied retroactively case federal habeas review granted certiorari griffith case limited question whether ruling batson applies retroactively state conviction pending direct review time batson decision petitioner willie davis brown black person convicted jury district western district oklahoma narcotics charges jury selection two venire panels assembled record six prospective black jurors total venire four excused cause two excused prosecutor use peremptory challenges defense counsel objected prosecutor use peremptory challenges strike black persons jury claiming petitioner thereby denied jury representative community action taken response objection prospective jurors assembled second venire panel prosecutor called jury clerk inquire racial composition additional venire hearing held later jury deliberating evidence prosecutor said clerk like black jurors possible app clerk testified however remembered prosecutor comment get blacks jury clerk went say alter jury selection way response prosecutor comment district concluded prosecutor contact jury clerk looked dealt someone inasmuch fell category possible prosecutorial misconduct affect integrity selection jury therefore concluded new trial necessary jury convicted petitioner appeals tenth circuit affirmed judgment conviction rejected brown claim prosecutor use peremptory challenges exclude prospective black jurors combined call jury clerk violated petitioner right impartial jury concluded brown met swain threshold requirement petitioner must show systematic intentional course conduct prosecutor calculated exclude black jurors case case concluded communication prosecutor jury clerk suggest pattern systematic exclusion black jurors although observed prosecutor action improper must condemned concluded district prosecutor request effect selection brown jury prior batson decision petitioner timely filed petition writ certiorari granted certiorari limited question whether ruling batson applies retroactively federal conviction pending direct review case set argument tandem griffith case ii years ago adopted analysis claims retroactivity new constitutional rules criminal procedure see linkletter walker linkletter held mapp ohio extended fourth amendment exclusionary rule applied retroactively state conviction become final mapp decided explained constitution neither prohibits requires retrospective effect new constitutional rule determination retroactivity must depend weigh ing merits demerits case decision apply mapp retroactively based purpose mapp rule reliance placed upon previous doctrine effect administration justice retrospective application mapp see also stovall denno retroactivity depends purpose served new standards extent reliance law enforcement authorities old standards effect administration justice retroactive application new standards shortly decision linkletter held analysis applied convictions final convictions pending direct review see johnson new jersey stovall denno latter case concluded purposes applying three factors analysis distinction justified convictions final convictions various stages trial direct review ibid thus number new rules criminal procedure held apply retroactively either final cases cases pending direct review see stovall denno supra destefano woods desist daniel louisiana per curiam johnson however shifted course case reviewed length history decisions area retroactivity concluded words justice harlan etroactivity must rethought quoting desist dissenting opinion specifically concluded retroactivity analysis convictions become final must different analysis convictions final time new decision issued observed number separate opinions since linkletter various members asserted minimum defendants whose cases still pending direct appeal time decision entitled invoke new rule collecting opinions rationale distinguishing cases become final applying new rules retroactively cases latter category explained length justice harlan desist dissenting opinion mackey opinion concurring judgment johnson embraced significant extent comprehensive analysis presented justice harlan opinions justice harlan view failure apply newly declared constitutional rule criminal cases pending direct review violates basic norms constitutional adjudication first settled principle adjudicates cases controversies see art iii unlike legislature promulgate new rules constitutional criminal procedure broad basis rather nature judicial review requires adjudicate specific cases case usually becomes vehicle announcement new rule decided new rule case selected integrity judicial review requires apply rule similar cases pending direct review justice harlan observed resolve cases us direct review light best understanding governing constitutional principles difficult see adjudicate case truth assertion power disregard current law adjudicating cases us already run full course appellate review quite simply assertion constitutional function one adjudication effect legislation mackey opinion concurring judgment second selective application new rules violates principle treating similarly situated defendants see desist harlan dissenting pointed johnson problem applying new rules cases pending direct review actual inequity results chooses many similarly situated defendants chance beneficiary new rule emphasis original although tolerated inequity time applying new rules retroactively cases direct review noted time toleration come end ibid johnson acceptance justice harlan views led holding subject certain exceptions decision construing fourth amendment applied retroactively convictions yet final time decision rendered exceptions referred related three categories concluded existing precedent established threshold tests retroactivity analysis two categories new rule already retroactively applied decision nothing apply settled precedent different factual situations see new ruling trial lacked authority convict criminal defendant first place see third category new rule clear break past precedent one issue cases described johnson expressly declared rule criminal procedure clear break past desist almost invariably gone find newly minted principle nonretroactive see peltier brennan dissenting collecting cases type case traits particular constitutional rule less critical express threshold determination new constitutional interpretatio change law prospectivity arguably proper course williams plurality opinion found new rule unanticipated second third stovall factors reliance law enforcement authorities old standards effect administration justice retroactive application new rule virtually compelled finding nonretroactivity see gosa mayden plurality opinion michigan payne shea louisiana applied johnson held fifth amendment rule announced edwards arizona prohibited use suspect requested counsel confession obtained interrogation without suspect attorney present retroactive cases direct review edwards decided using johnson rationale concluded nothing fourth amendment rule suggested given greater retroactive effect fifth amendment rule addition johnson concluded new rule fall within clear break exception previous term solem stumes explicitly recognized edwards sort clear break case almost automatically nonretroactive although shea expressed doubt merits different retroactivity rule cases new rule clear break past explained need concerned question iii question whether different retroactivity rule apply new rule clear break past however squarely us present cases allen hardy case federal habeas said rule batson explicit substantial break prior precedent overruled portion swain therefore reexamine rationale maintaining clear break exception general proposition new rules governing criminal procedure retroactive cases pending direct review reasons persuaded us johnson adopt different conclusions convictions direct review already become final conclude engrafted exception based solely upon particular characteristics new rule adopted inappropriate first principle disregard current law adjudicates case pending direct review applies regardless specific characteristics particular new rule announced recognized johnson fact new rule clear break past relevant primarily implicates second third stovall factors reliance law enforcement officials burden administration justice imposed retroactive application even factors may useful deciding whether convictions already become final receive benefit new rule clear break exception derived stovall factors reintroduces precisely type analysis justice harlan rejected inappropriate cases pending direct review second use clear break exception creates problem treating similarly situated defendants james kirkland batson petitioner batson kentucky randall lamont griffith petitioner present kentucky case tried jefferson circuit approximately three months apart prosecutor exercised peremptory challenges trials solely fortuities judicial process determined case chose initially hear plenary review justice powell pointed hardly comports ideal administration justice even hand one chance beneficiary lucky individual whose case chosen occasion announcing new principle enjoys retroactive application others similarly situated claims adjudicated old doctrine hankerson north carolina opinion concurring judgment quoting desist douglas dissenting see also michigan payne marshall dissenting different treatment two cases justified constitution cases differ respect relevant different treatment fact new rule may constitute clear break past bearing actual inequity results one many similarly situated defendants receives benefit new rule johnson emphasis omitted therefore hold new rule conduct criminal prosecutions applied retroactively cases state federal pending direct review yet final exception cases new rule constitutes clear break past accordingly judgment kentucky reversed case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion judgment appeals tenth circuit reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes number prospective jurors remaining list peremptory challenges exceeds number jurors seated cards bearing numbers identifying prospective jurors placed box clerk draws random number cards necessary reduce jury number required law ibid submitting case jury trial granted griffith request directed verdict acquittal charge theft unlawful taking see tr number prospective jurors first venire excused cause resulted remaining number insufficient constitute full petit jury record confusion number prospective black jurors total venire according statement record six two panels oral argument counsel petitioner brown stated five called tr oral arg appears agreement however two black jurors excused prosecutor use peremptory challenges see ibid record app final mean case judgment conviction rendered availability appeal exhausted time petition certiorari elapsed petition certiorari finally denied see johnson citing linkletter walker johnson held fourth amendment ruling announced payton new york prohibiting police making warrantless nonconsensual entry suspect home purpose making routine felony arrest applied retroactively case pending direct appeal noted johnson review address area civil retroactivity see area continues governed standard announced chevron oil huson see among others brown louisiana powell stevens joined concurring judgment harlin missouri powell concurring judgment hankerson north carolina marshall concurring judgment powell concurring judgment two categories new rules automatically applied retroactively affected way decision today solem stumes concluded rule announced edwards retroactive conviction become final petitioner griffith argues batson ruling clear break past announce new principle constitutional law equal protection clause whatever merits argument might foreclosed allen hardy batson tried february see app batson kentucky petitioner griffith tried may year app may worth petitioner brown tried oklahoma june app justice powell concurring join opinion consider important step toward ending confusion resulted applying linkletter walker basis concluded well advised adopt justice harlan view retroactive application decisions respect cases pending time direct appeal respect cases pending habeas corpus petitions see hankerson north carolina concurring judgment harlan view stated mackey opinion concurring judgment mackey dissenting judgment williams desist dissenting opinion persuaded justice harlan reasoning followed since see hankerson north carolina supra harlin missouri concurring judgment brown louisiana concurring judgment solem stumes concurring judgment cases decide today involve retroactivity decisions pending direct review necessary express opinion respect habeas corpus petitions read opinion question carefully left open squarely presented hoped adopt harlan view retroactivity cases seeking relief habeas petitions see mackey supra view habeas petitions generally judged according constitutional standards existing time conviction chief justice rehnquist dissenting stated dissenting opinion shea louisiana willing adopt aspects approach retroactivity propounded justice harlan opinion mackey justice harlan view new constitutional rules governing criminal prosecutions apply retroactively cases pending direct appeal rule announced narrow exceptions apply collateral proceedings challenging convictions become final rule announced majority today adopts portion approach therefore join justice white dissent agreeing present state retroactivity jurisprudence majority erred rejecting reasons cited allen hardy making batson kentucky nonretroactive justice white chief justice justice join dissenting last term decided rule announced batson kentucky apply collateral review convictions became final decision batson announced allen hardy reaching judgment weighed three factors traditionally considered deciding retroactivity new rule criminal procedure purpose served new standards extent reliance law enforcement authorities old standards effect administration justice retroactive application new standards quoting solem stumes turn quoting stovall denno justice suggested test unworkable question feels constrained fashion different rule cases direct review reasons offers new find unpersuasive today past two concerns purportedly underlie majority decision first retroactivity somehow essential attribute judicial decisionmaking announces new rule declines give retroactive effect abandoned judicial role assumed function legislature use term justice harlan employed describing problem desist harlan dissenting second completely unrelated concern fairness business majority reasons treat like cases alike accordingly unfair one litigant receive benefit new decision another identically situated denied benefit majority concerns doubt laudable escape conclusion rule spawned makes sense means avoiding come known problem rule announced majority wholly inadequate true legislature super otherwise think concerns supposed usurpation legislative authority generally go substance decisions whether retroactive surely believe overstepped bounds legitimate authority announcing new rule constitutional law find little solace decision holding new rule retroactive decision sense illegitimate making retroactive useless gesture fool one hand decision salutary one one whose purposes retroactive application retroactivity may worse useless imposing costs criminal justice system likely uncompensated perceptible gains judicial legitimacy claim majority rule serves interest fairness equally hollow although majority finds intolerable apply new rule one case direct appeal another perfectly willing tolerate disparate treatment defendants seeking direct review convictions prisoners attacking convictions collateral proceedings stated see johnson white dissenting williams plurality opinion seems attempt distinguish direct collateral challenges purposes retroactivity misguided majority rule otherwise identically situated defendants may subject different constitutional rules depending long ago conduct occurred quickly cases proceed criminal justice system disparity different kind occurs benefit new constitutional rule retroactively afforded defendant whose case announced others new approach equalizes nothing except numbers defendants within disparately treated classes shea louisiana white dissenting foregoing reasons adhere approach set stovall denno supra recognize distinction retroactivity purposes cases direct collateral review even saw merit applying harlan approach cases direct appeal nonetheless preserve exception clear breaks recognized johnson precedent decision announcing new standard almost automatically nonretroactive decision explicitly overruled past precedent allen hardy quoting solem stumes majority johnson explained found new rule unanticipated second third stovall factors reliance law enforcement authorities old standards effect administration justice retroactive application new rule virtually compelled finding citations omitted majority knows penalizing justifiable reliance swain causing substantial disruption administration justice yet majority acts principled alternative true far sounder rule less principled apply stovall test determine retroactivity direct collateral review respectfully dissent cases address differential treatment cases direct collateral review adhere view decisions johnson shea louisiana provide satisfactory justification distinguishing two classes cases stated shea majority recognizes distinction direct review habeas problematic justifies differential treatment appealing need draw curtain finality unfortunate enough exhausted last direct appeal time edwards arizona decided yet majority offers reasons conclusion finality decisive factor conviction overturned direct appeal basis edwards violation remedy offered defendant new trial inculpatory statements obtained violation edwards excluded clear majority finds burdensome remedy acceptable imposed state direct review result collateral attack disruption attendant upon remedy vary depending whether imposed direct review habeas accordingly remedy must granted defendants direct appeal strong reason deny prisoners attacking convictions collaterally conversely serves worthwhile purpose grant remedy defendant whose conviction final edwards hard see remedy available direct review omitted distinction direct review collateral attack may bear relationship recency crime thus extent difficulties presented new trial may severe underlying offense remote time may new trials tend somewhat burdensome habeas cases cases involving reversals direct appeal however relationship means direct speed cases progress criminal justice system may vary widely thus truly concerned treating like cases alike accomplish purpose far precisely applying new constitutional rules conduct appropriately recent vintage assume however one argue explicit example course less burdensome aggregate apply batson cases pending batson decided give full retroactive effect token less burdensome apply batson retroactively cases involving defendants whose last names begin letter make decision fully retroactive majority obviously countenance latter course failure identify truly relevant distinction cases direct appeal cases raising collateral challenges makes rule announces equally indefensible shea louisiana white dissenting