Legal Opinion
United States v. Prince
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2011No. 10-3180PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Appealing his drug convictions, Judah Prince asks us to decide two questions of first impression in our circuit. First, does the Constitution bar the government from peremptorily striking prospective jurors because of their views on marijuana legalization? On this question, we find no constitutional protection. Given the posture of Prince’s case, the Constitution does not prohibit parties from striking jurors on this basis.
The second question is whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A), which criminalizes making false statements to federally licensed…
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