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PEOPLE v. GARRETT

No. 69570.

139 Ill.2d 189 (1990)

564 N.E.2d 784

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHNNY GARRETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Assistant State's Attorney, and Marilyn Schlesinger, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Mark Stein, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause presents questions of appellate procedure and of substance regarding Batson hearings, which are designed to ascertain whether purposeful racial discrimination in jury selection has been practiced by the State. See Batson v. Kentucky (1986), 476 U.S. 79, 90 L.Ed.2d 69, 106 S.Ct. 1712.

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