S.M. v. City of New York

How courts have described this case

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• holding that habeas claim not included in petition and never raised by petitioner before the district court as basis for habeas relief is procedurally defaulted
• holding that habeas claim not included in petition and never raised by petitioner before the district court as basis for habeas relief is procedurally defaulted
• finding that if an informant is an active participant in the crime, disclosure is generally required
• finding the state's reason for excusing black jurors -- that they were suffering from \jury burnout\ -- pretextual given that several white prospective jurors who were not struck also stated that they had previously served on juries
• first-hand witness or participant in charged crime should be disclosed
• Batson violation where only justification prosecutor offered for striking three out of four black jurors with prior jury experience was that jurors might be \burned out\ by prior service; at least five white jurors were not stricken although they had previously served on juries

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