State v. McCollum

Smith, Presiding Justice.

McCollum and others were indicted on several counts as a result of an altercation. The state filed a motion asking that the trial court prohibit the defendants from using peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory matter. The motion was denied and the state appeals.

1. Since the order of the trial court, the United States Supreme Court has decided the case of Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., 59 USLW 4574, decided June 3, 1991. In that case, the Court held, generally, that the exclusion of any prospective juror by virtue of race would constitute an impermissible…