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WARD v. STATE

No. CR 86-59.

733 S.W.2d 728 (1987)

293 Ark. 88

Ronald WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Turner, Jr., West Memphis, Joseph B. Brown, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

An all white Crittenden County jury convicted Ronald Ward, a 15 year old black male, of murdering three white people and sentenced him to death. All of the peremptory challenges exercised by the prosecuting attorney, eight in this case, were used to strike black people from the jury. We find the state's use of the peremptory challenge violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution...

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