Legal Opinion
United States v. Perkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1997No. 95-11111PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted appellants, Mathis Perry Perkins, III (“Perkins”), and Michael George Smith (“Smith”), of conspiring to commit interstate theft. The district court sentenced Pérkins to 41 months’ imprisonment, Smith to 60 months’ imprisonment and both defendants to three years’ supervised release and a payment of $30,964.30 in restitution. We affirm.
JURY SELECTION
Perkins and Smith argue that the prosecutor failed to articulate a clear and reasonably specific explanation for excluding an African-American venire person irom the jury and that the prosecutor’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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