Criminal Practice – Jury & Jurors – Batson Challenge – Prima Facie Level – Proffered Reasons
Once the trial court ruled that defendant had failed to make out a prima facie challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Batson inquiry should have concluded. Accordingly, we do not consider the state’s post facto reply to the trial court’s request for race-neutral explanations for the state’s peremptory challenges of Black
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