Legal Opinion
United States v. Don Juan Maxwell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2007No. 06-1631PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Don Juan Maxwell guilty of two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On appeal, Maxwell argues that the District Court1 erred in rejecting his Batson2 challenge, which alleged that the government used its peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner to remove three of the five African-American veniremembers. We affirm.
There were five African-Americans on a panel of thirty-one persons from which the jury was to be selected for Maxwell’s trial. After voir dire, the government used three of its seven peremptory…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. DardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Alonzo DayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Steven B. Pherigo, United States of America v. William Piercefield, United States of America v. William F. GilyardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. Elain YoungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Bell-Bey v. RoperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Darryl HouseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- State v. OwenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2007
- United States v. EllisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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