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