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Criminal Procedure

Mercer Law Review

Journal

1997

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United States V. Armstrong: Permissible Prosecutorial Discretion?, Robert C. Brand May 1997

United States V. Armstrong: Permissible Prosecutorial Discretion?, Robert C. Brand

Mercer Law Review

In United States v. Armstrong, the Supreme Court explicitly set forth the threshold requirement the defendant must meet in order to be entitled to discovery on a selective prosecution claim. There must be a credible showing that similarly situated persons of other races could have been prosecuted, but were not.