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STATE v. SPARKS

44010.

257 Ga. 97 (1987)

355 S.E.2d 658

THE STATE v. SPARKS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, J. David Fowler, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Bentley C. Adams III, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Sparks v. State, 180 Ga.App. 467 (349 S.E.2d 504) (1986) to determine the applicability of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. ___ (106 S.C. 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986) to this case. In Batson, the United States Supreme Court held that a state criminal defendant could establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination violative of the Fourteenth...

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