DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. The trial judge erroneously denied the accused a peremptory strike by holding that a juror's previous service on a jury in a criminal case was not a race-neutral reason for the strike. During voir dire, the juror had expressed regret that the jury was unable to reach a verdict. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2. When, at the beginning of Merlin...
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