COM. v. JACKSON


386 Pa.Super. 29 (1989)

562 A.2d 338

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward JACKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Rosalsky, Asst. Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Maxine Stotland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and BROSKY, McEWEN, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, BECK, TAMILIA, POPOVICH and JOHNSON, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

The issue is whether the prosecutor at appellant's trial for robbery violated the equal protection clause of the federal constitution by using peremptory challenges to exclude members of the appellant's race from the trial jury. Appellant contends that under the legal standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the prosecutor failed...

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