U.S. v. PICHAY

No. 91-10571.

986 F.2d 1259 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wendell PICHAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rustam A. Barbee, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Honolulu, HI, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas Muehleck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Honolulu, HI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WILLIAM A. NORRIS, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant argues that the prosecutor violated his right to equal protection, as secured under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), by using its peremptory challenges to systematically strike young persons from the jury solely on account of their age.

Neither the Supreme Court nor any circuit has held that the Equal Protection Clause prohibits the government from striking venirepersons...

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