STATE v. GUERRA-REYNA

No. 93-3464-CR.

201 Wis.2d 751 (1996)

549 N.W.2d 779

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SATURNINO R. GUERRA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Suzanne Hagopian, assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Sharon Ruhly, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Sundby and Vergeront, JJ.


SUNDBY, J.

Defendant-Appellant Saturnino R. Guerra-Reyna appeals from a judgment convicting him of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He presents a unique question:

May a prosecutor use a peremptory strike to remove from the jury panel a person of a "cognizable" class because the prosecutor believes that a person of that class may be biased against...

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