Legal Opinion
People v. Lucero
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 24, 2014No. Court of Appeals No. 12CA0801PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE RICHMAN
T1 Defendant, Donald Roy Lucero, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, conspiracy, burglary, and three counts of theft.
12 This ease involves a single issue: whether the trial court erred in finding that defendant did not establish a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), after the People waived the use of a peremptory strike, thereby excluding from the jury a potential juror with a Hispanic surname. We…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Lemrick Nelson, Jr. And Charles Price, Also Known as Bald Black ManCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- State v. StrongSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. BeauvaisColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
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