United States v. Kenneth Ray Campbell

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Ray Campbell appeals his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(e). Campbell argues: (1) the prosecutor impermissibly exercised a peremptory challenge against an African-American juror in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and (2) the district court’s 1 sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of ten years based upon the violent nature of Campbell’s previous felonies violated Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000).…