State v. Robinson

Federal and state constitutional law prohibit peremptory challenges of jurors if such challenges are racially motivated. The principal issue in this certified appeal is the identification of the point in time during the jury selection process at which a litigant must voice an objection to a peremptory challenge that allegedly was based on race. After a jury trial, the defendant, Shawn Robinson, was convicted of two counts of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1987) § 53a-60.1 The trial court rendered judgment in accordance with the jury verdict, and the…