Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1987.
DANAHY, Chief Judge.
The appellant, a black defendant facing trial on several criminal charges, objected immediately but unsuccessfully when the state used one of its peremptory challenges to remove the only black member of the jury venire. We hold that the appellant established a prima facie case of racial discrimination violative of the fourteenth amendment based on the state's use of a peremptory...
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