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STATE v. KNOX

No. 91-KK-1906.

609 So.2d 803 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald KNOX. STATE of Louisiana v. Rometro JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn M. Flynn, David W. Price, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Douglas P. Moreau, Dist. Atty., Gwendolyn K. Brown, Aaron D. Brooks, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.

Helen G. Berrigan, New Orleans, for Louisiana Ass'n of Crim. Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Ellis P. Adams, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Dist. Atty. Ass'n, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

We granted certiorari in these two consolidated cases to determine whether the State may successfully object during voir dire to a minority defendant's alleged racially discriminatory exercise of peremptory challenges.1 In each of these criminal cases, the State objected to a black defendant's exercise of peremptory challenges to strike white jurors. The district court overruled the State's objections, finding that the State...

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