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· 9/7/1988

United States v. Rondell Herbert Garrison

Citations

  • 849 F.2d 103

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that striking a juror because she appeared \inattentive or uninterested\ did not violate Batson
  • admitting a probation officer’s testimony identifying a bank robber who had lost weight post-robbery
  • accepting age and demeanor during voir dire as racially neutral reasons
  • “If the trial court believes the prosecutor’s explanation, a reviewing court ordinarily should give this credibility finding great deference.”
  • “We . . . agree with the Ninth Circuit that the important rights guaranteed by Batson deserve the full protection of the adversarial process except where compelling reasons requiring secrecy are shown.”
  • “We . . . agree with the Ninth Circuit that the important rights guaranteed by Batson deserve the full protection of the adversarial process except where compelling reasons requiring secrecy are shown.”

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Judges: Phillips, Butzner, Michael, Western, Virginia

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