Opinion ID: 604939
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: BATSON v. KENTUCKY CHALLENGE

Text: 8 Hall contends that the district court's acceptance of the government's explanation for its use of preemptory challenges is clearly erroneous. The government used four of its six preemptory challenges to strike African-American persons from the venire. The district court found that Hall had established a prima facie case of discrimination under the principles set forth in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), but then accepted the government's explanations for its use of preemptory challenges. The district court's acceptance of these explanations turns on an evaluation of the prosecutor's credibility and this court must give the district court's findings great deference. United States v. David, 844 F.2d 767, 769 (11th Cir.1988). Since the government articulated legitimate, race-neutral reasons for each of its preemptory challenges we cannot say that the district court's acceptance of these explanations was clearly erroneous.