whether-courts-may-consider-potential-race-neutral-reasons-at-batson-prima-facie-stage

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether, under Johnson v. California, 545 U.S. 162 (2005), a court may supply and consider potential race-neutral reasons for a prosecutor’s peremptory strike at the prima facie stage of the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) framework? 2. Whether the denial of a prima facie case under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), is a mixed question of fact and law or a purely factual one, and, if purely factual, whether a federal habeas court reviews that determination under § 2254(d) or § 2254(e)? i | |