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STATE v. COFIELD

No. 335PA88.

379 S.E.2d 834 (1989)

324 N.C. 452

STATE of North Carolina v. Ernest Richard COFIELD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by John H. Watters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

John W. Gresham and Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, Charlotte, by Daniel R. Pollitt, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

Gulley, Eakes, Volland and Calhoun by Michael D. Calhoun, Durham, for North Carolina Civil Liberties Union Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

MEYER, Justice.

On 2 July 1984, the Northampton County grand jury indicted defendant on one count of first-degree rape and one count of felonious breaking or entering. Defendant filed a pre-trial motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds of racial discrimination in the selection of the grand jury foreman. The trial court denied the motion. Defendant was tried at the 30 July 1984 Session of Northampton County Superior Court before Allsbrook, J., and a jury. The...

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