State v. Holmes

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. EVAN JARON HOLMES (SC 20048) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus Convicted, after a jury trial, of the crimes of felony murder, home invasion, conspiracy to commit home invasion and criminal possession of a fire- arm, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, claiming that the trial court had improperly overruled his objection to the prosecutor’s use of a peremptory challenge to excuse a prospective, African-American juror, W. During voir dire, the prosecutor questioned W, who previously had disclosed that he was…