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STATE v. COLLIER

No. 88-K-1012.

553 So.2d 815 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin COLLIER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otha Curtis Nelson, Sr., Baton Rouge, Author Rel Joiner, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Bryan E. Bush, Jr., Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Janis L. Kile, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to exclude blacks from the petit jury solely on the basis of their race in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as interpreted in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).

Facts

Defendant, a black male,...

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