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WINFIELD v. COM.

Record No. 0959-88-2.

404 S.E.2d 398 (1991)

Doretha WINFIELD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing En Banc Granted and Mandate Stayed June 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Morchower (Sharon E. Gregory, Elizabeth Dashiell Scher, Morchower, Luxton & Whaley, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Birdie H. Jamison, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN, COLE and WILLIS, JJ.

WILLIS, Judge.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in finding that the Commonwealth's Attorney satisfied the requirements of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), in explaining his exercise of peremptory strikes against four black veniremen. We find no error and affirm.

Doretha Winfield, a black woman, was charged with distribution of more than one-half ounce but...

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