Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl R. Nicholson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1989No. 88-1781PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Earl R. Nicholson appeals the district court’s 1 order reinstating his conviction of two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1341. Nicholson argues that the district court erred in finding that the government did not exercise its peremptory-challenges in a purposefully discriminatory manner during jury selection at Nicholson’s trial. We affirm.
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In 1985, a jury found Nicholson, who is black, guilty of two counts of mail fraud. During jury selection, Nicholson had challenged unsuccessfully the government’s use of three of. its six peremptory challenges to…
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