United States Eleventh Circuit

Race-based peremptory challenges are prohibited under Batson, even if exercised by a criminal defendant trying to obtain a racially diverse jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2001
• Published 03/09/2001

Judges

• RESTANI, Judge:, Before EDMONDSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Helen C. Trainor, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Def., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Anne R. Schultz, Lisa T. Rubio, Jeanne Mullenhoff, Kathleen M. Salyer, Miami, FL, Debra J. Stuart, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.