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U.S. v. BLAKE

Nos. 85-5231 to 85-5233, 85-5228(L), 85-5229 and 85-5230.

819 F.2d 71 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles BLAKE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony Jerome WASHINGTON, a/k/a "Kojak", Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Henry HAMILTON, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Geraldine HAMILTON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ethel HAMILTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Capers G. Barr, III, Charleston, S.C., for Ethel Hamilton.

David P. McCann, Charleston, S.C., for Anthony J. Washington.

John F. Hardaway, Federal Public Defender, Columbia, S.C., for Geraldine Hamilton.

Stuart A. Feldman, Charleston, S.C., for Thomas Brown.

Michael P. O'Connell, Charleston, S.C., for Charles Blake.

Lionel S. Lofton, Charleston, S.C., for Henry Hamilton, Jr.

John M. Barton, Columbia, S.C., and Dale DuTremble, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, S.C., (Vinton D. Lide, U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Henry Hamilton, Jr., Geraldine Hamilton, Ethel Hamilton, Charles Blake, Thomas Brown, and Anthony Jerome Washington, all of whom are black, appeal from their convictions on various drug-related charges. They contend, inter alia, that the trial court erred in denying their motions for a mistrial because the government prosecutor systematically excluded seven black members of the venire on account of their race. The district court ruled...

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