Commonwealth v. Jackson

BECK, Judge:

The issue is whether the prosecutor at appellant’s trial for robbery violated the equal protection clause of the federal constitution by using peremptory challenges to exclude members of the appellant’s race from the trial jury. Appellant contends that under the legal standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the prosecutor failed to rebut a prima facie showing that the Commonwealth’s peremptory challenges had been used for a racially discriminatory purpose. We conclude that appellant’s claim…