WALTZER, Judge.
This Court is called upon to determine whether the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to quash the jury was correct in light of defendant's claim that the prosecution used its peremptory challenges in a discriminatory manner to exclude black venirepersons from the jury.
Defendant, Leroy Knighten, was charged with violating LSA-R.S. 40:1785, illegal possession of an unregistered firearm, on August 11, 1991. After a preliminary hearing...
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