Akins v. Easterling

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, “although Akins’s letters reveal that he was worried about his counsel’s preparation for trial, the record does not show that his counsel was unprepared for trial”
• holding that, “although Akins’s letters reveal that he was worried about his counsel’s preparation for trial, the record does not show that his counsel was unprepared for trial”
• holding that a prosecutor does not violate Batson by removing a juror who expresses interest about race in the criminal justice system
• holding that a prosecutor does not violate Batson by removing a juror who expresses interest about race in the criminal justice system
• holding that striking the only African American juror on basis that her half-brother had been convicted of selling drugs was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established law
• noting that “[t]he question at step three of Batson—whether the defendant has shown intentional discrimination on the basis of race—is a question of fact” and applying AEDPA’s presumption of correctness to such findings

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