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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 96-CT-01136-SCT.

754 So.2d 1178 (2000)

Reginald Torlentus JOHNSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Fortner, Jackson, Andre' De Gruy, Robert M. Ryan, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Glenn Watts, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The question presented in this appeal is whether a trial court, when considering peremptory challenges under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), may decline to make a factual determination, on the record, of the merits of the reasons provided by a party for those challenges. The Court of Appeals found that the trial...

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