BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
The defendants, Lawrence Capers and Leonard Capers, appeal from the denial of their habeas corpus petition by the district court. Because the defendants failed to establish a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination in the state's use of peremptory challenges, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
The defendants were convicted by a Florida jury of three counts of third degree murder. The charged offenses occurred during the McDuffie...
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