U.S. v. EVANS

No. 97-3663.

192 F.3d 698 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse J. EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Filip (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, David S. Rosenbloom, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard S. Kling (argued), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

A federal jury convicted Jesse Evans, a former Chicago alderman, of racketeering (including acts of extortion, bribery, mail fraud, and official misconduct), filing false tax returns, and obstruction of justice. Evans filed a post-trial motion for new trial, alleging among other things that the prosecutors violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), in the exercise of...

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