Monday, August 08, 2011

Seventh Circuit -- USA v. Anthony Rutledge

USA v. Anthony Rutledge

Second and third steps of Batson cannot be conflated - the court must make an on-the-record assessment of the prosecutor's credibility.

(African-American prosecutor striking an African-American juror.)
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

Category tags above are sporadically maintained Do not rely. Do not rely. Do not rely.

Author's SSRN page here.