U.S. v. Yarrington

In prosecution on drug distribution charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in ultimately overruling defendant's objection to prosecutor's use of peremptory challenge on African-American juror. Prosecutor's explanations, that juror was stricken because of her familiarity with two of defendant's potential witnesses (one with whom she had attended high school and other was past co-worker) and because last name of juror's daughter was name known to law enforcement, were race-neutral, and defendant failed to show that prosecutor was inconsistent with respect to allowing other jurors to serve who shared same above characteristics as stricken juror.