United States v. Rodney Lamar Clemons

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• holding venireperson’s age, hairstyle, dress and general appearance are legitimate race-neutral reasons for exercising peremptoiy strike
• applying clearly - erroneous standard and upholding district court finding that \race-neutral\ reasons were not pretextual
• age was legitimate race-neutral reason for peremptorily striking juror similar in age to twenty-two year old defendant
• district court has discretion to formulate procedure for testing prosecutor’s reasons, and has discretion to limit scope and duration of inquiry
• age was legitimate race-neutral reason for peremptorily striking juror similar in age to twenty-two year old defendant
• \[T]he . . . explanation . . . need not be quantifiable and may include intuitive assumptions upon confronting a potential juror.\

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