STEVENS v. DAVIS

No. 19-99004.

25 F.4th 1141 (2022)

Charles STEVENS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald DAVIS, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Pomerantz (argued), Law Offices of Brian M. Pomerantz, Carrboro, North Carolina; Richard A. Tamor , Tamor & Tamor, Oakland, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sarah J. Farhat (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Alice B. Lustre , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; James W. Bilderback III , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Paul J. Watford, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

A California jury convicted Charles Stevens of four murders and six attempted murders and sentenced him to death. Stevens claims that the prosecutor's decision to strike black prospective jurors constituted purposeful discrimination on the basis of race, in violation...

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