Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 11, 1996.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
During jury selection preceding Eric Boyd's trial for three armed bank robberies, his lawyer exercised a peremptory challenge against the only black member of the venire. Boyd did not protest, the prosecutor did not object, the jury convicted, and the judge sentenced Boyd to 650 months' imprisonment. At sentencing it became clear that Boyd's counsel had acted on...
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