State v. Jacobs

hit is now well settled in American jurisprudence that prosecutors may not discriminate against minorities in the use of peremptory challenges during jury selection. See, Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and its progeny. In 1998, defendant, Lawrence Jacobs was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for the double murder of Della and Nelson Beaugh. On direct appeal, this court reversed the conviction and sentence, and remanded the case for a new trial after finding error in the trial court’s denial of two of defendant’s challenges for…