STATE v. JONES

No. 52046.

748 S.W.2d 898 (1988)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Edwin JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Denied April 27, 1988.

Application to Transfer Denied June 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Robertson, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Kurt A. Hentz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-defendant.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 27, 1988.

STEPHAN, Judge.

Facing trial on charges of burglary in the first degree, stealing property of a value of at least $150, and resisting arrest, defendant, a black man, moved to quash the jury before it was sworn, alleging the State had used its peremptory challenges to exclude black veniremen from the jury solely because of their race. The State opposed the motion, articulating what...

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