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203085P.pdf 07/27/2021 United States v. Paris Young
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-3085
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Kelly and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Under the facts presented
defendant cannot show that voir dire on race was constitutionally required
and in the absence of that threshold showing, inquiry on implicit racial
bias was not constitutionally required; the district court's inquiries on
racial bias went beyond the requirement to eliminate any reasonable
possibility that racial or ethnic prejudice would influence the jury. and
the district court was not required to inquire into potential implicit
bias; defendant's two prior Missouri drug convictions were qualifying
offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and the district court did
not err in applying the enhancement. Judge Kelly, concurring.