STATE v. McCOLLUM

S91A0310.

262 Ga. 554 (1992)

422 S.E.2d 866

THE STATE v. McCOLLUM et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Harrison W. Kohler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Perry, Walters & Lippitt, Robert H. Revell, Jr., for appellees.

Robert E. Wilson, District Attorney, Dorough & Sizemore, Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., Garland & Samuel, Donald F. Samuel, John R. Martin, amici curiae.


FLETCHER, Justice.

In State v. McCollum, 261 Ga. 473 (405 S.E.2d 688) (1991), a majority of this court affirmed the trial court's decision refusing to prohibit the defendants in the action below from exercising their peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner. The Supreme Court of the United States reversed that decision, holding that:

[T]he Constitution [of the United...

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