Background: Defendant appealed his conviction, after jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, of manufacturing marijuana plants and making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers.
Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Tymkovich, Circuit Judge, held that:
1 Batson did not prohibit federal government's use of peremptory strikes to exclude prospective jurors based on their support of marijuana legalization;
2 Sixth Amendment right to a jury representative of a fair cross-section of the community did not prohibit government from using peremptory strikes against potential jurors who supported marijuana legalization;
3 knowledge that false information would be kept in dealer's records was not an element of the crime of making false statements to firearms dealer;
4 sufficient evidence supported convictions for knowingly making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealer; and
5 sufficient evidence supported conviction for manufacturing marijuana plants.