Legal Opinion
EDMONDS v. CAPOZZA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 17, 2022No. 2:20-cv-06161Unknown
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JAMIR EDMONDS : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 20-6161 : MARK CAPOZZA, et al. : AMENDED MEMORANDUM1 KEARNEY, J. February 17, 2022 A Delaware County, Pennsylvania jury of white citizens convicted an African American man after his lawyer twice challenged the potential jury pool consisting of one African American among the seventy potential jurors. The trial judge held an evidentiary hearing on trial counsel’s objections. The judge evaluated the testimony of two officials explaining the County’s race-neutral jury summons…
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