United States v. Thomas Campione, Marion Collins and John Patricelli

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• holding that trial court did not err in finding that defendant had not stated prima facie claim under Batson absent evidence that Italian-Americans were a cognizable group subject to discrimination
• stating that ”[c]ourts are not obliged to ascertain whether defendant's failure to testify is the result of a knowing and intelligent waiver of that right.”
• ‘‘[d]iscussing the issue [of whether the defendant will testify] directly with the defendant may inappropriately involve the judge in the unique attorney-client relationship, raising . . . [f]ifth [a]mendment problems’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)

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