STATE v. BENNETT

No. 406PA18.

843 S.E.2d 222 (2020)

STATE of North Carolina v. Cory Dion BENNETT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Kristin J. Uicker and Brent D. Kiziah , Assistant Attorneys General, for the State-appellee.

Franklin E. Wells, Jr. , Asheboro, for defendant-appellant.

Donald H. Beskind , Raleigh, Robert S. Chang , and Taki V. Flevaris , for Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, amicus curiae.

David Weiss , James E. Coleman, Jr. , and Elizabeth Hambourger , Durham, for Coalition of State and National Criminal Justice and Civil Rights Advocates, amici curiae.


This case requires us to determine whether the record developed before the trial court sufficed to permit appellate review of a Batson challenge lodged by defendant Cory Dion Bennett and, if so, whether defendant established the existence of the prima facie case of discrimination necessary to require the trial court to undertake...

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