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U.S. v. GORDON

No. 91-3642.

974 F.2d 97 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Evester GORDON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Wolff, Clayton, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Dean R. Hoag, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Evester Gordon of two counts of distributing heroin, and the district court sentenced him to thirty-three months in prison. Gordon appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing that the district court erred by (1) denying his Batson1 objection to the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to exclude black venirepersons; (2) denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the ground of...

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