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)?

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