Opinion ID: 1073
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Peremptory ChallengesFinal Rounds

Text: The district court then seated the final juror, after which the district court called the first two candidates for the alternate slots. The government exercised its sole peremptory challenge for the two prospective alternate jurors, striking Juror No. 47, who was not African-American. The government, without prompting from the district court, provided the following explanation, to which the defense did not object: This is the other individual who indicated in this case [that] a[] cousin[,] I believe, is in jail for possession [of a firearm]. Afterwards, the district court seated one new potential alternative juror, to which neither party objected. Of the twelve jurors who were ultimately empaneled, twoone of the first twelve prospective jurors to be called from the jury pool and Juror No. 37were African-American.