State v. Raynor

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMES RAYNOR (SC 20042) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Kahn, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js. Syllabus Convicted, after a jury trial, of the crimes of assault in the first degree as an accessory and conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, the defendant, an African-American, appealed to the Appellate Court, claim- ing that the prosecutor engaged in racially disparate treatment during jury selection, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky ( 476 U.S. 79), by excusing a prospective juror, R, on the basis of his employment history, even though the…