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U.S. v. TAYLOR

Nos. 05-2007, 05-2008, 09-1291.

636 F.3d 901 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Styles TAYLOR and Keon Thomas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Bella (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lauren K. Robel (argued), Attorney, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN, for Defendant-Appellant in Nos. 05-2007 and 09-1291.

Kent R. Carlson , Attorney, Carlson & Associates, Chicago, IL, Lauren K. Robel (argued), Attorney, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 05-2008.

Before ROVNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This case returns to us again on the issue of the prosecutor's use of a peremptory strike against an African-American member of the jury pool. Styles Taylor and Keon Thomas, both African-American, were convicted of robbing and murdering the owner of a gun store in Hammond, Indiana. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & (j), 1951. The victim was white. During jury selection, the defendants challenged the government's use of peremptory...

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