Matter of Zuhlke v. Lake George Cent. Sch. Dist.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the findings of the trial court on discriminatory intent in Batson challenge are reviewed for clear error
• recognizing that exclusion of Latinos from jury based on ethnic origin would violate Equal Protection Clause
• recognizing that exclusion of Latinos from jury based on ethnic origin would violate Equal Protection Clause
• concluding that trial court’s findings at third step of Batson were reviewed for clear error
• holding that the findings of the trial court on discriminatory intent in Batson challenge are reviewed for clear error
• holding that evaluation of a prosecutor’s credibility “lies ‘peculiarly within a trial judge’s province’ ”

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