United States v. Eugene Leslie

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Eugene Leslie challenges his drug conviction on three grounds: the prosecutor improperly used all of his peremptory challenges against black veniremen, the plea agreement letters between the government and various government witnesses were incomplete and improperly vouched for the credibility of those witnesses, and Leslie was denied the opportunity to impeach the testimony of a government witness. We find merit in Leslie’s first claim, and we reverse and remand on that claim. In all other respects, we affirm.

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Leslie, a black man, was indicted, tried, and…