COM. v. HARDY

No. 88-SC-956-DG.

775 S.W.2d 919 (1989)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. John HARDY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Rickie L. Pearson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

Thomas L. Conn, Fayette County Legal Aid, Inc., Lexington, for appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment which convicted Hardy of two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor in the third degree. He was sentenced to twelve months in jail and fined $500 on each count. The Court of Appeals reversed because there were two black persons on the jury panel and the prosecutor exercised one peremptory challenge to strike one of the two black jurors.

The issue is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in...

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