Legal Opinion
United States v. Emmanuel Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2001No. 00-2156PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Emmanuel Jones, an African American, of various firearms possession offenses and the district court 2 sentenced him to 192 months’ imprisonment. During jury selection, the government used peremptory strikes to dismiss two of four African American venire-members. Jones argues that, pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the court clearly erred in its determination that the government’s proffered reasons for one of the strikes were race neutral and not merely pretextual. 3 Because the record supports the court’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. SwinneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Forriss D. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Kelvin Malone v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden, San Quentin State Prison Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Rashad McKayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Bell-Bey v. RoperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Eugene Arthur BlaylockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Kenneth Ray CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Alan Harold RoebkeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
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