CAREY, Justice:
Lester McKinley Johnson appeals his conviction of first-degree murder. He presents three questions for our consideration:
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Johnson, a black man, contends that the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to exclude several black people from the jury denied him a fair trial. The Court, on voir dire, questioned seventy-five prospective jurors, of whom sixty-five were white and ten black. The first black person called was seated...
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