Legal Opinion
United States v. Cesar Yap Changco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1993No. 91-50755PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
We consider how a defendant goes about establishing that a prosecutor’s race-neutral justifications for a peremptory strike are pre-textual.
Background
Changco was convicted by a jury of robbing a Post Office, carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and kidnapping. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1), 1201(a)(5), 2114. Although neither the government nor the defendant challenged any member of the venire for cause, each side exercised peremptory challenges. At issue are two of the prosecution’s peremptory strikes — Maldia and Delacruz. Upon initial questioning by the court,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by52 opinions
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