STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 26711.

384 S.C. 504 (2009)

682 S.E.2d 820

The STATE, Respondent, v. Jason Sinatra EDWARDS, Maceo Latonya Edwards and Jonais Edwards, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. McKenzie, of Coffee, Chandler & Kent, of Manning, for Petitioners.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.


Chief Justice TOAL.

In this case, Petitioners, who were tried jointly, appeal their criminal convictions on the grounds that the trial court erred in quashing the first jury panel based upon a violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The court of appeals affirmed the trial court, and Petitioners filed a writ of certiorari asking this Court to review and reverse the court of appeals decision...

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