Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) April 7, 2003.
OPINION OF THE COURT
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision upholding Joseph Rico's conviction and sentence against a Batson challenge based on the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to strike Italian-American prospective jurors was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined...
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