United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being an alien unlawfully present in the United States is reversed where an Equal Protection violation under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), occurred during jury selection.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2005
• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cynthia S. Hahn (argued and briefed) and Michael K. Powell (briefed), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Reno, NV, for the defendant-appellant., Ronald C. Rachow, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee.