Mahaffey v. Ramos, No. 08-3916

District court's denial of a defendant's habeas petition, alleging that the prosecution violated the Fourteenth Amendment by excluding blacks from the jury on account of their race, is affirmed as the state court's finding that the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges was motivated by legitimate, race-neutral concerns was clearly not unreasonable.   

Read Mahaffey v. Ramos, No. 08-3916

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division

Decided December 21, 2009

Judges

Before:  Bauer, Kanne, and Tinder, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Bauer, Circuit Judge