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300.17 Equal Protection

    300.17.1 Equal Protection: General Principles
    300.17.2 Constitutional Claims: Disparate Treatment Of Identical Claims
    300.17.3 Equal Protection and The Death Penalty
    300.17.4 Equal Protection: Disparate Sentences Between Male And Female Defendants

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    300.17.1    Equal Protection: General Principles

PRACTICE NOTE: "Statutes may be challenged on equal protection grounds if a showing can be made of intentional discrimination or discriminatory purpose, or if the statute on its face implicates a suspect classification or a fundamental right." (Cook and Hermann, Criminal Defense Checklist (West, 1998 ed.) § 7.04(1); see also LaFave & Scott, Substantive Criminal Law (West, 1986) § 2.11.)

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    300.17.2    Constitutional Claims: Disparate Treatment Of Identical Claims

    See NCJIC 300.3.1 [Disparate Treatment Of Identical Claims].

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    300.17.3    Equal Protection and The Death Penalty

    See NCJIC 303.3.6 [Death Penalty: Prohibition Against Consideration Of Race, Religion, National Origin Or Gender Of Either Victim Or Defendant].

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    300.17.4      Equal Protection: Disparate Sentences Between Male And Female Defendants

PRACTICE NOTE:  See Williams v. Currie (M.D.N.C. 2000) 103 FSupp2d 858, 861-69 [male defendant’s equal protection rights violated where he received a significantly harsher total sentence than his similarly situated female codefendant for no other reason than gender]; see also Unequal Before The Law: Men, Women And The Death Penalty, 8 Am.U.J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 427, 460-63 (2000) [discussing equal protection challenges in capital cases premised on disparate sentences given to male and female defendants].