Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Clemons
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 31, 1988No. 87-3239PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Oscar Clemons raises several issues relating to his conviction on drug-related charges. Only two points, however, merit in-depth treatment. First, Clemons contends the government violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights when the prosecutor used peremptory challenges to strike the only two blacks on the jury panel. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 88-98, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 1718-24,90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Second, he argues that the affirmative defense in the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) (1982),…
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