Legal Opinion
United States v. Virgil E. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 2000No. 99-2515PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
A federal jury convicted Virgil E. Jones, a former Chicago alderman, of conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion, and filing false tax returns. He appeals his conviction, claiming that the government’s exercise of its peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner against four African-Americans violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), his Fifth Amendment Right to due process and his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection. He also seeks a new trial on the grounds that the District Court improperly limited…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. Alexander Cooper and Anthony Davis, Also Known as "Future"Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by51 opinions
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