State v. Cochran
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
KITTREDGE, J.:
Willie Cochran and Reggie James were convicted by a jury of first-degree burglary and sentenced. Reggie James was also convicted and sentenced for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.1 They appeal from the trial court’s granting of the State’s Batson motion and quashing the first jury selected. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We reverse because the trial court failed to adhere to the mandated process for the handling of a Batson motion, and the jury that convicted Appellants was comprised of jurors whom the trial court…
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- J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
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