Benito Guzman, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court adopted the dual‑motivation (mixed‑motives) analysis for Batson challenges, holding that a peremptory strike does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment when the proponent shows it would have struck the juror even without the improper motive. It reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further findings on whether the prosecutor would have struck juror 17 absent the gender factor and whether the appellant met his ultimate burden of proof.