In a murder prosecution, Petitioner’s habeas petition is granted, where a comparative juror analysis, in combination with other facts in the record, demonstrated that the prosecutor’s purported race-neutral reasons for striking at least one of the jurors were pretexts for racial discrimination.
Read Ali v. Hickman, No. 07-16731
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted December 12, 2008
Filed July 7, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Berzon
Counsel
For Appellant:
Albert Joel Kutchins, Berkeley, CA
For Appellee:
Michele Swanson, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA
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