U.S. v. McFERRON

No. 97-5161.

163 F.3d 952 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angela Breasher McFERRON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attorney (argued and briefed), Veronica A. Coleman (briefed), Office of U.S. Attorney, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Angela Breasher McFerron, pro se, Federal Medical Center, Lexington, KY, Gary W. Lanker (argued and briefed), Law Office of Gary W. Lanker, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KEITH, BATCHELDER, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Angela Breasher McFerron ("McFerron") challenges her 18 U.S.C. § 1623 conviction for perjury on the basis of the district court's disposition of the government's Batson challenges, raised in response to McFerron's peremptory challenges to five white males on the venire panel. For the reasons that follow, we reverse McFerron's conviction and remand for a new trial.

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