United States v. Yarrington, No. 10-2740 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseThe defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The district court correctly conducted a "Batson" inquiry into the intent of the prosecution in using a peremptory challenge to strike an African-American potential juror. The government's assertions that the woman knew two potential witnesses; that her daughter's name was known to law enforcement; that she responded "not applicable" to a question on the juror questionnaire; and that she never looked the government attorneys in the eye included race-neutral justifications. Even if the court abused its discretion in allowing portions of an interview with a witness to be read into evidence, the error was harmless. The evidence was unnecessary to give the jury a complete view of the witness’s testimony.
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