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STATE v. HARRIS

282 N.J. Super. 409 (1995)

660 A.2d 539

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT-CROSS-APPELLANT, v. AMBROSE HARRIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Kirsch, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant-cross-respondent (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Kirsch, of counsel and on the brief).

Maryann K. Bielamowicz, Mercer County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent-cross-appellant (Ms. Bielamowicz, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges SHEBELL, SKILLMAN and WALLACE.

The opinion of the court was delivered by SKILLMAN, J.A.D.

The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether a trial court should consider the racial demographics of the county in which a crime was committed in selecting the county from which to draw a foreign jury.

Defendant is a black man charged with a capital murder. The victim was a young white woman who was raped and then murdered when she came into the City of Trenton in December of 1992 to paint...

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