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STATE v. REINERS

No. C7-01-1001.

664 N.W.2d 826 (2003)

STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Cecil John REINERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Jean E. Burdorf, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for State of Minnesota.

Robert D. Sicoli, Sarah M. Aho, Thompson, Sicoli & Aho, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN, for Cecil John Reiners.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

Following a jury trial, respondent Cecil John Reiners was found guilty of assault in the first degree for striking Jose Padilla in the head with a wooden board. The court of appeals reversed the conviction, concluding that the trial court committed reversible error by denying Reiners' peremptory challenge of an African-American prospective juror and, as a result of that error, Reiners was entitled to a new trial. We affirm the decision...

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