STATE v. BOOKER

No. 20-1551.

989 N.W.2d 621 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Patrick Henry BOOKER Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 21, 2023.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey , (argued), State Appellate Defender, and Stephan J. Japuntich , (until withdrawal), for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Sheryl Soich , (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


We are asked to decide whether the prosecutor engaged in purposeful discrimination during jury selection in Patrick Booker's trial for sexual abuse in the third degree when he used a peremptory strike to remove a Black venire member. Upon our review of the record, we conclude the strike was not motivated in substantial part by discriminatory...

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