Edwin Galarza v. John P. Keane, Sing Sing Correctional Facility

252 F.3d 630 (2nd Cir. 2001)

EDWIN GALARZA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

v.

JOHN P. KEANE, SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE.

Docket No. 97-2607

August Term, 1999

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Argued: July 13, 2000

Decided June 8, 2001

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lawrence M. McKenna, Judge) denying petitioner-appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus because, inter alia, petitioner-appellant failed to prove that the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to strike Hispanic members of the…