Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kane County, defendant, Francisco Alvarado, appeals his conviction of delivery of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church (720 ILCS 570/401(d), 407(b)(2) (West 2002)). Defendant contends that, during jury selection, the State impermissibly used a peremptory challenge to exclude a potential juror on the basis of her race, in violation of the rule set forth in Batson...
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