United States v. Anthony L. Olvis, A/K/A Tony Angela D. Palmer

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• explaining that “defendants are similarly situated when their circumstances present no distinguishable legitimate prosecutorial factors that might justify making different prosecutorial decisions with respect to them”
• finding that defendant's study \provided no statistical evidence on the number of blacks who were actually committing crack cocaine offenses or whether a greater percentage of whites could have been prosecuted for such crimes\
• stating that, “in cases involving discretionary judgments ‘essential to the criminal justice process,’ statistical evidence of racial disparity is insufficient to infer that 'prosecutors in a particular case acted with a discriminatory purpose”
• finding that defendant’s study “provided no statistical evidence on the number of blacks who were actually committing crack cocaine offenses or whether a greater percentage of whites could have been prosecuted for such crimes”
• listing various legitimate factors that may play a role in a prosecutorial decision such as the strength of the evidence against a defendant or defendant’s role in the offense
• noting the “general rule” that statistical evidence is inadequate to prove discriminatory purpose in cases implicating “discretionary judgments essential to the criminal justice process” 18 USCA4 Appeal: 24-4201 Doc: 91 Filed: 08/01/2025 Pg: 19 of 22 (cleaned up)

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