U.S. v. BERGODERE

No. 94-1520.

40 F.3d 512 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos BERGODERE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A.F. Lewis, for appellant.

Zechariah Chafee, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, CYR, and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises questions of first impression in this circuit concerning how courts should apply the lessons of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and its progeny. After answering those questions, we conclude that the district court did not err in permitting the government to eliminate the lone African-American juror by means of a peremptory challenge. Since appellant...

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