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State v. Bustamante

Citations

  • 274 P.3d 526
  • 229 Ariz. 256
  • 631 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 8
  • 2012 WL 1065808
  • 2012 Ariz. App. LEXIS 45

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  • stating that prosecutor’s belief juror had some language issues was race- neutral reason for strike
  • concluding a prosecutor’s strike of a juror because of “language issues” was a plausible, race-neutral reason for striking a juror
  • finding no Batson error where a juror was struck for having “some language issues” and because she was a teacher and worked with children
  • explaining a defendant waived any claim that a proffered reason was merely pretext for racial discrimination when he failed to timely object to the prosecutor’s characterization of the prospective witness
  • explaining a defendant waived any claim that a proffered reason was merely pretext for racial discrimination when he failed to timely object to the prosecutor’s characterization of the prospective witness
  • “The credibility of witnesses and the weight given to their testimony are issues for the jury, not the court.”

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Judges: Thompson, Barker, Timmer

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