Of the men on the jury, five are white and two Asian American. At one point, Hupperterz’s lawyer raised what is known as a Batson challenge, accusing Assistant District Attorneys Jason Grenell and Danielle Burkavage of excluding African Americans from the jury based on their race. At that time, the three women who had been picked as jurors were African American, but prosecutors had used four strikes to exclude African American men from the panel.