DIOMAMPO v. STATE

No. 47224.

185 P.3d 1031 (2008)

Jose Noel DIOMAMPO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn, Public Defender, and Jennifer L. Schwartz and Nancy Lemcke, Deputy Public Defenders, Clark County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger, District Attorney, James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and William Jake Merback, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, MAUPIN, J.:

In this case, we primarily consider whether the State's peremptory challenge of a prospective juror on the ground that he did not understand the English language violates the rule set forth in the United States Supreme Court decision in Batson v. Kentucky.1

A jury convicted appellant Jose Diomampo of mid-level trafficking in a controlled substance in violation of Nevada...

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