United States v. Arkeefe Sherrills A/K/A Keith Foster

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Arkeefe Sherrills was convicted of possessing more than five grams of cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988), and sentenced to eighty-seven months in prison. On appeal, he argues that the government improperly used its peremptory strikes to eliminate blacks from the jury in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). He also argues that the district court 1 improperly allowed an expert to testify on redirect examination about an error in his earlier testimony, and that the conviction should be…