PARKER, Judge.
Raymond Stubbs, a black defendant, appeals his convictions and seeks a new trial, alleging the trial judge erred when she failed to require the prosecutor to explain his reason for excusing a black person on the jury venire. We reverse.
The prosecutor exercised a preemptory challenge to the first black person from the jury venire, a Mr. Chambers. Defense counsel objected and requested the trial judge to inquire regarding the prosecutor's reason...
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