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STATE v. SAINTCALLE

No. 86257-5.

309 P.3d 326 (2013)

178 Wn.2d 34

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Kirk Ricardo SAINTCALLE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lila Jane Silverstein , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Dennis John McCurdy , King County Prosecutor's Office, Prosecuting Atty. King County, King Co. Pros./App. Unit Supervisor, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

WIGGINS, J.

¶ 1 This appeal raises important questions about race discrimination in our criminal justice system. Kirk Saintcalle, a black man, challenges his conviction for first degree felony murder because the State used a peremptory challenge to strike the only black venireperson in his jury pool. Saintcalle claims the peremptory strike was clearly racially motivated in violation of the equal protection guaranty enshrined in Batson v. Kentucky,

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