State v. Brown

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 120,590 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MAURICE A. BROWN, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the State from using peremptory strikes to remove prospective jurors based on their race. 2. When a defendant challenges the State's exercise of peremptory strikes under the Equal Protection Clause, the issue is analyzed under the three-step process set forth in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712,

90 L. Ed. 2d 69

(1986). At the first step of the…