United States v. Rolando Aleman, Francisco Rosario

POOLER, Circuit Judge.

Francisco Rosario appeals from the February 28, 2001, judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge) convicting him after a jury trial of conspiring to make false statements and making false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1001, respectively. Although defendant assigns a number of trial errors to the district court, including a substantial challenge premised on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), we focus here only on his claim that he was entitled to…