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JACKSON v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF HIGH POINT

No. 374PA87.

364 S.E.2d 416 (1988)

321 N.C. 584

Linda H. JACKSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Magdalene Jackson v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF HIGH POINT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy and Kennedy by Harold L. Kennedy III, Harvey L. Kennedy, and Annie Brown Kennedy, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henson, Henson, Bayliss & Coates by Perry C. Henson, J. Victor Bowman, and Jack B. Bayliss, Jr.; and Edward N. Post, High Point, for defendant-appellee.

MARTIN, Justice.

A statement of the facts of this case is contained in the opinion on the first appeal, reported in 316 N.C. 259, 341 S.E.2d 523 (1986). The sole issue before us on this appeal is whether article I, section 26 of the North Carolina Constitution proscribes peremptory challenges to jurors in civil cases on the basis of race. We hold that it does.

Article I, section 26 provides:

No person shall be excluded...

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