Defendant was tried for assault with a firearm and battery. During jury selection, the prosecutor exercised peremptory challenges to dismiss four of six African-American potential jurors. In response, defendant moved to discharge the jury panel, contending that the prosecution's dismissals were racially motivated. After the prosecutor justified the peremptory challenges in part by reference to the jurors...
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