United States First Circuit

Conviction for consumer product tampering in violation of U.S.C. section 1365 is affirmed over claims that the jury panel which returned the conviction was tainted by religious discrimination as the defendant failed to establish a prima facie case that the prosecutor's peremptory strike was motivate by discriminatory animus.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2008
• Published 03/28/2008

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. Sheketoff, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas E. Kanwit, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney and Randall E. Kromm, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.