State v. Jackson

No. 121,927 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SHON FERRIS JACKSON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712,

90 L. Ed. 2d 69

(1986), the Supreme Court of the United States held that exercising a peremptory challenge against a prospective juror based solely on that person's race violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. There are at least two evils that arise from the State's use of peremptory challenges for race-based reasons. A defendant may be…