State v. Daniels

CRANE, Judge.

Defendant appeals the denial of his Bat-son 1 challenge after this court remanded to the trial court pursuant to State v. Parker, 836 S.W.2d 930, 939 (Mo. banc 1992), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 113 S.Ct. 636, 121 L.Ed.2d 566 (1992) to determine whether the prosecutor exercised her peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner. State v. Daniels, 861 S.W.2d 564 (Mo.App.E.D.1993). We found the trial court was required to ask the prosecutor for her explanations for striking three black venirepersons before determining whether the strikes were racially motivated. Id. at 566.

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