STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 7524SC782.

221 S.E.2d 751 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 426

STATE of North Carolina v. Franklin WRIGHT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Noel Lee Allen, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert H. West, Boone, for defendant.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

By his first assignment of error defendant argues that the trial judge should have conducted a hearing and made findings of fact upon his pre-trial motion to dismiss the jury panel for the reason that there were no Negroes on the panel. Defendant, a Negro, asserts that the fact there were no Negroes on the jury panel before the court creates a prima facie showing of discrimination in the selection of jurors and that the burden was on the...

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